monomer

monomer

 [mon´o-mer]

1. a simple molecule of relatively low molecular weight, which is capable of reacting chemically with other molecules to form a dimer, trimer, or polymer.

2. some basic unit of a molecule, either the molecule itself or some structural or functional subunit of it, e.g., an individual polypeptide in a multi-subunit protein.

fibrin monomer the material resulting from the action of thrombin on fibrinogen, which then polymerizes to form the fibrin clot.

Miller-Keane Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health, Seventh Edition. © 2003 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier, Inc. All rights reserved.

mon·o·mer

(mon'ō-mĕr),

1. The molecular unit that, by repetition, constitutes a large structure or polymer; for example, ethylene, H₂C=CH₂, is the monomer of polyethylene, H(CH₂)_nH.
See also: subunit (1).

2. The protein structural unit of a virion capsid.

3. The protein subunit of a protein composed of several loosely associated such units, usually bound noncovalently.

[mono- + -mer]

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monomer

A single unit of a multiunit molecule, which are joined to form dimers, trimers and polymers; hydrolysis of polymers yields monomers.

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monomer

A single unit of a multiunit molecule, which are joined to form dimers, trimers, polymers; hydrolysis of polymers yields monomers. Cf Polymer.

McGraw-Hill Concise Dictionary of Modern Medicine. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

mon·o·mer

(mon'ō-měr)

1. The molecular unit that, by repetition, constitutes a large structure or polymer.

2. The protein structural unit of a virion capsid.
See: virion

3. The protein subunit of a protein composed of several loosely associated such units, usually noncovalently bound together.

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monomer

One of the chemical groups many of which are repetitively linked together to form a POLYMER.

Collins Dictionary of Medicine © Robert M. Youngson 2004, 2005

monomer

any molecule that can exist alone or with other similar molecules to form a polymer.

Collins Dictionary of Biology, 3rd ed. © W. G. Hale, V. A. Saunders, J. P. Margham 2005

mon·o·mer

(mon'ō-měr)

1. The molecular unit that, by repetition, constitutes a large structure or polymer.

2. The protein structural unit of a virion capsid.

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