heterotrimer

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Etymology

From hetero- +‎ trimer.

Noun

heterotrimer (plural heterotrimers)

  1. (chemistry, biochemistry) A trimer, especially a biologically active one, derived from two or more different (but similar) monomers.
    Hypernyms: trimer; < oligomer
    Coordinate term: homotrimer

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