Medical Dictionary

heterotrimeric

adj het·ero·tri·mer·ic \-trī-ˈmer-ik\

Medical Definition of HETEROTRIMERIC

:  being a macromolecule composed of three subunits of which at least one differs from the other two <heterotrimeric G proteins>

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