1Different in form, arrangement, or type.

1. 1.1Biology Relating to the first of the two nuclear divisions of meiosis.
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   • These domains are thought to be involved in homotypic or heterotypic interactions among the septins themselves or in interactions between the septins and other proteins.
   • However, the stoichiometry of these proteins in a single tight junction fibril and their oligomerization into heteromeric and heterotypic assemblies are not known.
   • Such homotypic and heterotypic aggregates in vivo often regulate the progress of inflammatory diseases, cardiovascular ailments, and cancer metastasis.
   • This conclusion is based on the results of the many measurements described in this study, which include both homotypic and heterotypic interactions with several different fragments.
   • This is consistent with the notion of heterotypic continuity, whereby the symptomatic expression of an underlying, temporally stable pathology differs over the course of development.