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In a homodimer the two subunits are identical, and in a heterodimer they differ (though they are often still very similar in structure).
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Dimer
Sucrose, or common table sugar, is composed of glucose and fructose.
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Trans-dimer synthesis
A process which permits nucleotides to be inserted opposite a pyrimidine dimer. Because this process is not based upon complementary base pairing, the wrong base pairs may be inserted, resulting in a mutation.
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Thymine dimers can be directly converted to unlinked thymines by three means: exposure to low wavelength UV radiation; photosensitization by tryptophan or tryptophan containing peptides; enzymatically.
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PTTH is a homodimer of two polypeptides of 109 amino acids.
PTTH does not drive pupation directly but, as its name suggests, acts on the prothoracic glands.
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Interaction of Dimeric Intercalating Fluorescent Dyes with Single-Stranded DNA
Hays S. Rye and Alexander N. Glazer
Photo-Anchoring Probes for In Situ Localization
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The process whereby dimerized pyrimidines (usually thymines) in DNA are restored by an enzyme (deoxyribodipyrimidine photolyase) that requires light energy.
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pyrimidine dimer A covalently joined dimer of two adjacent pyrimidine residues in DNA, induced by absorption of UV light, usually derived from two adjacent thymines (a thymine dimer). pyrophosphatase inorganic pyrophosphatase. pyrroles (q.v.) ...
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BAR (bin, amphiphysin and Rvs161/167) domains are a unique class of dimerization domains, whose dimerization interface is edged by a membrane-binding surface.
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This type of mutation, called a thymine dimer, can result in incorrect nucleotides being paired with it when the strand is replicated.
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A tubulin heterodimer (one a, one b), constitutes the protomer for microtubule assembly. Multiple copies of tubulin genes are present (and are expressed) in most eukaryotic cells studied so far.
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A sugar (monosaccharide) or one of its dimers (disaccharides) or polymers (polysaccharides).
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excision repair Means by which cells are able to repair certain kinds of damage (dimerized pyrimidines) in their DNA.
excitation Electron movement caused by light striking the chlorophyll molecule.
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AP-1 is actually a complex between c-fos protein and c-jun protein, or sometimes is just c-jun dimers. The AP-1 site consensus sequence is (C/G) TGACT(C/A) A. Also known as the TPA-response element (TRE).
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: A (heterozygous) dominant mutation on one allele blocking the activity of wild-type protein still encoded by the normal allele (often by
dimerising
with it) causing a loss-of-function phenotype.
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