Meanings
present singular third person heptamerizes · participle present heptamerizing · participle past heptamerized · past heptamerized
- To form a heptamer
Such mutants that cannot heptamerize have been shown to be more effective antigens.
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, →DOI
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