As nouns the difference between oligomer and multimer
is that oligomer is a compound intermediate between a monomer and a polymer, normally having a specified number of units between about five and a hundred while multimer is a protein consisting of multiple monomers.
oligomer
Noun
(
en noun)
(chemistry) A compound intermediate between a monomer and a polymer, normally having a specified number of units between about five and a hundred.
Derived terms
* oligomeric
See also
* monomer
* dimer
* trimer
* tetramer
* pentamer
* hexamer
* heptamer
* octamer
* nonamer
* decamer
* undecamer
* dodecamer
* tridecamer
* tetradecamer
* pentadecamer
* hexadecamer
* heptadecamer
* octadecamer
* nonadecamer
* eicosamer
Anagrams
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multimer
English
Noun
(
en noun)
(biochemistry) A protein consisting of multiple monomers
See also
*oligomer