a compound of relatively low molecular weight containing up to five monomer units
Compare polymer, copolymer
Word origin
C20: from oligo- + -mer, as in polymer
Examples of 'oligomer' in a sentence
oligomer
It consists of heavy and light chains assembled into a complex oligomer.
Tomasz Klaus, Krystyna Stalińska, Dominik Czaplicki, Paweł Mak, Bozena Skupien-Rabian,Sylwia Kedracka-Krok, Karolina Wiatrowska, Monika Bzowska, Monika Machula, JoannaBereta 2018, 'Mouse Antibody of IgM Class is Prone to Non-Enzymatic Cleavage between CH1 and CH2Domains', Scientific Reportshttp://link.springer.com/article/10.1038/s41598-017-19003-4. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
A soluble oligomer was formed by co-incubating α-syn and dopamine in vitro.
Kazuhiro Nakaso, Naoko Tajima, Satoru Ito, Mari Teraoka, Atsushi Yamashita, YosukeHorikoshi, Daisuke Kikuchi, Shinsuke Mochida, Kenji Nakashima, Tatsuya Matsura 2013, 'Dopamine-Mediated Oxidation of Methionine 127 in α-Synuclein Causes Cytotoxicity andOligomerization of α-Synuclein', PLoS ONE10.1371/journal.pone.0055068. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Oligomer-specific interactions were no longer observed in the case of the fully scrambled sequence.
Kaja Przygońska, Jarosław Poznański, Ulrik H. Mistarz, Kasper D. Rand, Michał Dadlez 2018, 'Side-chain moieties from the N-terminal region of Aβ are Involved in an oligomer-stabilizingnetwork of interactions', PLOS ONE10.1371/journal.pone.0201761. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Both soluble oligomer and fibrillar forms of amyloid-β were active.
Thomas W. Miller, Jeff S. Isenberg, Hubert B. Shih, Yichen Wang, David D. Roberts 2010, 'Amyloid-β Inhibits No-cGMP Signaling in a CD36- and CD47-Dependent Manner', PLoS ONE10.1371/journal.pone.0015686. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Two methods for the preparation of pesticide-oligomer conjugates using the transesterification reaction were developed.
Iwona Kwiecień, Iza Radecka, Marek Kowalczuk, Grażyna Adamus 2015, 'Transesterification of PHA to oligomers covalently bonded with (bio)active compoundscontaining either carboxyl or hydroxyl functionalities.', PLoS ONEhttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4363623?pdf=render. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The effects of oxidant type, polymerization temperature and time on oligomer yield were determined.
Nuray Yılmaz Baran 2018, 'Synthesis and Characterization A Novel Thermally Stable Schiff Base Oligomer: Investigationof Conductivity Properties', Journal of the Turkish Chemical Society, Section A: Chemistryhttp://dergipark.gov.tr/jotcsa/issue/33408/351460. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The functionalized oligomer product was then used as a soluble sequestrant for transition metals.
Dalila Chouikhi, Ihor Kulai, David E. Bergbreiter, Mohammed Al-Hashimi, Hassan S.Bazzi 2018, 'Functionalized Polyisobutylene and Liquid/Liquid Separations as a Method for ScavengingTransition Metals from Homogeneously Catalyzed Reactions', Applied Scienceshttp://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/9/1/120. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Cofilin but not phosphorylated cofilin was present in the endogenous cofilin oligomer.
Pankaj Goyal, Dharmendra Pandey, Daniela Brünnert, Elke Hammer, Marek Zygmunt, WolfgangSiess 2013, 'Cofilin oligomer formation occurs in vivo and is regulated by cofilin phosphorylation.',PLoS ONEhttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3738525?pdf=render. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The peptide oligomerization was analyzed through the perspective of a minimal oligomer, i.e., the dimer.
Dirk Matthes, Vytautas Gapsys, Venita Daebel, Bert L de Groot 2011, 'Mapping the conformational dynamics and pathways of spontaneous steric zipper Peptideoligomerization.', PLoS ONEhttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3086902?pdf=render. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Acrylated isocyanate (urethane oligomer) was then grafted onto polyol to produce polyurethane with vinylic ends.
Onn Munirah, Mohd Ahmad Faiza, Yhaya Mohd Firdaus 2016, 'The Effect of Reactives Diluents to the Physical Properties of Acrylated Palm OilBased Polyurethane Coatings', MATEC Web of Conferenceshttp://dx.doi.org/10.1051/matecconf/20164705014. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)