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Multimer vs Multimerization - What's the difference?

multimer | multimerization |

As nouns the difference between multimer and multimerization

is that multimer is (biochemistry) a protein consisting of multiple monomers while multimerization is (chemistry) the formation of multimers.

multimer

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (biochemistry) A protein consisting of multiple monomers

    • See also

    *oligomer

    multimerization

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • (chemistry) The formation of multimers
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