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  • adjective Of or pertaining to a octamer.

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octamer +‎ -ic

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Examples

  • The K+ (ATP) channel exists as an octameric complex composed of four pore-forming α subunits (Kir6. 1/2), which have a RKR motif at the C-terminus and four sulphonylurea-binding β subunits (SUR1/2A/2B) with a RKR motif in the cytoplasmic loop.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Parveen Sharma et al. 2010

  • When correctly folded in its octameric form, the RKR motif in both subunits is masked and only then is the K

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Parveen Sharma et al. 2010

  • Other peptide-based vaccines for HIV have achieved variable immunogenicity ranging from virtually no detectable responses to an orally administered octameric HIV-1 V3 peptide in alum

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Barney S. Graham et al. 2010

  • The exocyst complex is a hetero-octameric protein complex that functions during cell polarization by tethering the secretory vesicle to the target membrane.

    Naturejobs - All Jobs Masami Yamashita 2010

  • Kinebuchi T, Kagawa W, Enomoto R, Tanaka K, Miyagawa K, et al. (2004) Structural basis for octameric ring formation and DNA interaction of the human homologous-pairing protein Dmc1.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Yu-Wei Chang et al. 2009

  • Seitz EM, Kowalczykowski SC, Egelman EH (2001) Archaeal RadA protein binds DNA as both helical filaments and octameric rings.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Yu-Wei Chang et al. 2009

  • [5], to intermediate responses in subjected immunized parenterally repeatedly with the octameric V3 peptide

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Barney S. Graham et al. 2010

  • *, complete homology; red open box, the conserved octameric sequence;

    Naturejobs - All Jobs Arabinda Nayak 2010

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