heptamerize

English

Etymology

From heptamer +‎ -ize.

Verb

heptamerize (third-person singular simple present heptamerizes, present participle heptamerizing, simple past and past participle heptamerized)

1. To form a heptamer
   • 2015 July 25, “Immunization with a Recombinant, Pseudomonas fluorescens -Expressed, Mutant Form of Bacillus anthracis -Derived Protective Antigen Protects Rabbits from Anthrax Infection”, in PLOS ONE‎^[1], →DOI:

     Such mutants that cannot heptamerize have been shown to be more effective antigens.

Related terms

• heptamerization