- octamer
-
/ok"teuh meuhr/, n. Biochem.an eight-molecule complex.[OCTA- + -MER]
* * *
Universalium. 2010.
octamer
Look at other dictionaries:
octamer — oligomer o*lig o*mer, n. (Chem.) A molecule composed of a small number of linked monomer units; a short polymer; compounds called oligomers have less than one hundred monomer units and usually less than thirty. Oligomers of increasing length are… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Octamer transcription factor — An octamer transcription factor is a transcription factor which binds to the ATTTGCAT sequence.[1] Examples include: Oct 1 POU2F1 Oct 2 POU2F2 Oct 3/4 – POU5F1 Oct 6 – … Wikipedia
octamer binding protein — Transcription factor that binds to the octamer motif. Examples: mammalian proteins Oct 1, Oct 2 … Dictionary of molecular biology
octamer — (1) Eight base sequence motif common in eukaryotic promoters. Consensus is ATTTGCAT; binds various transcription factors. (2) Assembly of eight histone proteins (2 each of H2A, H2B, H3 and H4) that forms core of nucleosome … Dictionary of molecular biology
octamer — noun An oligomer having eight subunits … Wiktionary
octamer — oc·ta·mer … English syllables
octamer — ˈäktəmə(r) noun ( s) Etymology: octa + mer : a polymer formed from eight molecules of a monomer * * * /ok teuh meuhr/, n. Biochem. an eight molecule complex. [OCTA + MER] … Useful english dictionary
octamer motif — A DNA motif found in certain promoters that can produce B cell specific gene expression. Sequence: ATGCAAAT … Dictionary of molecular biology
Histone octamer — A histone octamer is an octamer of the histones found at the center of a nucleosome core particle. It consists of 2 copies of each of the four core histone proteins (H2A, H2B, H3 and H4). The octamer assembles when a tetramer, containing two… … Wikipedia
Serine octamer cluster — The Serine octamer cluster in physical chemistry is an unusually stable cluster consisting of eight serine molecules (Ser) implicated in the origin of homochirality. [cite journal | title = Chiroselective Self Directed Octamerization of Serine:… … Wikipedia
