oligotrimer

English

Etymology

From oligo- +‎ trimer.

Noun

oligotrimer (plural oligotrimers)

1. A trimer (considered as an oligomer)
   • 2015 August 8, “The Human Acid-Sensing Ion Channel ASIC1a: Evidence for a Homotetrameric Assembly State at the Cell Surface”, in PLOS ONE‎^[1], →DOI:

     In oocytes expressing a functional ASIC1a current (7.0±0.94 μA, n = 16) the 3 ASIC FP migrates essentially as band III under reducing conditions; however treatment with 0.3 mM NaTT shifts the 3 ASIC FP oligotrimer to a tetramer (band IV) that becomes the main ASIC1a oligomer (Fig 7C ).