Present participle of 'dimerize'; the ongoing or continuous process of two molecular units combining or bonding together into a dimer.
The present participle form of 'dimerize,' created by adding '-ing' to the base verb, indicating an action in progress or a habitual process.
The phrase 'dimerizing proteins' is common in cell biology papers, and watching proteins dimerize in real-time using special microscopes has revealed that sometimes one protein triggers another to dimerize—it's like a molecular chain reaction spreading through the cell.
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