dimer
A molecule consisting of two identical halves, formed by joining two identical molecules, sometimes with a single atom acting as a bridge.
Noun
- A molecule consisting of two identical halves, formed by joining two identical molecules, sometimes with a single atom acting as a bridge.
- Non-polymerized lamins are dimers and they can polymerize to structures such as head to tail or by unparallel dimers which aggregate in tetramers and polymerize to thick fibers. - 2015 March 25, Anna Skoczyńska et al.,...
Hypernyms: oligomer molecule compound
Coordinate Terms: monomer trimer tetramer pentamer hexamer heptamer septamer octamer nonamer decamer polymer
Origin
From di- + -mer.
Forms
Derived
codimer cyclodimer D-dimer dehydrodimer dimeric dimerise dimerization dimerize dimerous dimery excimer hemidimer heterodimer heterodimeric holodimer homodimer homodimeric hydrodimer interdimer intradimer nanodimer oligodimer oxodimer phosphodimer