MONOMER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does monomer mean? 

• MONOMER (noun)
  The noun MONOMER has 1 sense:

1. a simple compound whose molecules can join together to form polymers

  Familiarity information: MONOMER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MONOMER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A simple compound whose molecules can join together to form polymers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("monomer" is a kind of...):

chemical compound; compound ((chemistry) a substance formed by chemical union of two or more elements or ingredients in definite proportion by weight)

 Context examples 

The small heat shock protein Hsp27 exists as monomers, dimers, and oligomers in the cell, and each form has distinct activities.

(HSP27 Regulation Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

Glycosyltransferases join two sugar monomers together, with UDP as the leaving group that drives the reaction forward.

(Lactose Synthesis Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

The two monomers can be of the same or different composition and polymerize simultaneously.

(Copolymerization, NCI Thesaurus)

A molecule that can join with other identical monomers to form a larger structure called a polymer.

(Monomer, NCI Dictionary)

The monomers are joined together in a repeating pattern.

(Copolymer, NCI Dictionary)

The removal of the clot is caused by plasmin cleavage of the fibrin monomers into soluble fibrin degradation products.

(Fibrinolysis Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

The monomer form of this agent has relaxation effect on smooth muscle systemically, which might be a result of nitric oxide-mediated response.

(Methyl Methacrylate, NCI Thesaurus)

The monomer structure (nucleoside) contains either a purine or pyrimidine base linked to a deoxyribose or ribose carbohydrate group.

(Nucleic Acids, Nucleosides, and Nucleotides, NCI Thesaurus)

As a monomer, NGFR binds NGF with low affinity.

(Nerve Growth Factor Receptor, NCI Thesaurus)

IgM binds with low affinity but high avidity (multiple binding sites) because it not only occurs as monomers but also as pentamers and hexamers.

(IgM, NCI Thesaurus)