Meaning & use

Trimeric

adjective·Academic

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Consisting of three identical or similar subunits joined together, as in a protein or molecule.

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The virus's surface spike is a trimeric protein complex.

Researchers confirmed the enzyme adopts a trimeric structure in solution.

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Related to 'trimer', a molecule made of three repeating units; used often in structural biology and polymer chemistry.

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