: a polymer formed from three molecules of a monomer
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The Spike is an intertwined trimer of three S proteins.
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William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 5 Oct. 2022
Graham, who worked on pancoronavirus vaccines even before the pandemic, reasons that the whole trimer of spike might stimulate better or broader immune protection than just the RBDs.
—Jon Cohen, Science | AAAS, 15 Apr. 2021
Grimm’s team observed a second Efimov trimer made of cesium atoms, reporting the results May 12 in Physical Review Letters.
—Quanta Magazine, 27 May 2014
Each clump is actually three individual proteins hooked together to form a trimer (polymer).
—Scientific American, 8 July 2012
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William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 5 Oct. 2022
Graham, who worked on pancoronavirus vaccines even before the pandemic, reasons that the whole trimer of spike might stimulate better or broader immune protection than just the RBDs.
—Jon Cohen, Science | AAAS, 15 Apr. 2021
Grimm’s team observed a second Efimov trimer made of cesium atoms, reporting the results May 12 in Physical Review Letters.
—Quanta Magazine, 27 May 2014
Each clump is actually three individual proteins hooked together to form a trimer (polymer).
—Scientific American, 8 July 2012
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“Trimer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trimer. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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