heterotrimeric

Questions

What does heterotrimeric mean?

Of a protein, containing three different subunits.

Where does heterotrimeric come from?

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sḿ̥teros Proto-Hellenic *hə́teros Ancient Greek ἕτερος (héteros)lbor. English hetero- English trimer Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English trimeric English heterotrimeric From hetero- + trimeric.

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