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  • noun Plural form of protomer.

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Examples

  • The α-helices and termini are labeled with and without a prime to differentiate the protomers.

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  • Hormone desorption assays using intact cells demonstrate allosterism between hLHR protomers, indicating functional cell surface hLHR dimers.

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  • The distance of translation and angles of rotation between different protomers in the protein filament were calculated by.

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  • We compared the two non-identical protomers in the three new filament structures to that of

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  • Unlike 2DFL, these three new left-handed helical filament structures are composed of two identical RadA dimers in each helical turn, and the two protomers in each dimer are structurally different.

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  • The other protomers were then assigned as 2ZUB_B, 2ZUC_B and

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

  • The researchers determined FocA to be a symmetric pentamer (see image) consisting of five identical subunits - or protomers - each with six transmembrane segments.

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  • Proteins with 2 or more polypeptide chains are known as oligomeric proteins, their component chains are called subunits or protomers.

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  • The other protomers were then assigned as 2ZUB_B, 2ZUC_B and 2ZUD_B, respectively (

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

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