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heteromer +‎ -ize

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heteromerize (third-person singular simple present heteromerizes, present participle heteromerizing, simple past and past participle heteromerized)

  1. To convert into a heteromer.
    • 2015, Judith A. Paice, Cancer Pain: From Molecules to Suffering:
      After ligand binding, sIL6R heteromerizes with the signal transducer molecule gp130, which is also utilized by other cytokines of the same family, such as leukemia-inhibitory factor.