noun
definition
A molecule consisting of two identical halves, formed by joining two identical molecules, sometimes with a single atom acting as a bridge.
Examples of dimer in a Sentence
In each case, the dimer bond length is increased somewhat compared to the clean dimer bond length is increased somewhat compared to the clean dimer (2.37 Ã… ).
The SiH 2 groups diffuse around the surface (2) until two of them react to form a monohydride dimer (3 ).
The four atoms which make up the distorted square are shown by filled circles, the substrate dimer atoms are shown by open circles.
Nevertheless the PSII core region is clearly 2-fold symmetric and closely resembles the averaged PSII core dimer top view.
Differences between the dimer and trimer profiles revealed sequence patterns that match and extend experimental studies of oligomer specification.
The Gln 16 side chain was accommodated by qualitatively different interactions in the dimer and trimer crystal structures.
The enzyme forms a dimer in the crystal structure.
The diagram shows a simple dimer - the start of the polymerisation process.
The positions of the transmembrane helices of the core dimer are based on Fig.
The unit cell used was two dimer rows wide, each of which was four dimer rows wide, each of which was four dimers long, with the usual termination.