oligomerizev.
/əˈlɪɡəmərʌɪz/, U.S. /əˈlɪɡəməˌraɪz/ Chemistry.
1. transitive. To form an oligomer of (a monomer); to make (a monomer) oligomeric.
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1967 Nature 29 Apr. 480/1 Hydrogen cyanide could be oligomerized to the dimer, trimer, tetramer, etc., to form the parent skeletons of glycine, alanine and aspartic acid, and other organic compounds.
1989 Nature 16 Mar. 221/1 It can be oligomerized by heating it to dryness or by incubating it at room temperature in the presence of a polyamine.
2000 Jrnl. Neurochem. 74 711 Six recombinant connexin 32 mutated proteins..were..oligomerised into connexon hemichannels with varying efficiencies.
2. intransitive. To become oligomeric; to be converted into an oligomer.
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1978 Proc. National Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 75 311/2 The oxygenated chains, ΒX, have the greater tendency to oligomerize as compared with the unliganded chains.
1994 Nature 15 Sept. 208/1 Connexins (Cx) oligomerize into channels (called connexons) that span a single plasma membrane.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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