tetramerize

English

Etymology

From tetramer +‎ -ize.

Verb

tetramerize (third-person singular simple present tetramerizes, present participle tetramerizing, simple past and past participle tetramerized)

1. (intransitive) To form a tetramer.
   • 2015 August 18, “Expression and Characterization of Recombinant, Tetrameric and Enzymatically Active Influenza Neuraminidase for the Setup of an Enzyme-Linked Lectin-Based Assay”, in PLOS ONE‎^[1], →DOI:

     A major challenge in producing recombinant rNA is the inability of the head domain to fold and tetramerize as an independent unit.