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affinity reagent

affinity reagent noun: an antibody, peptide, nucleic acid, or other small molecule that specifically binds to a larger target molecule in order to identify, track, capture, or influence its activity.

Noun

affinity reagent (plural affinity reagents)

  1. An antibody, peptide, nucleic acid, or other small molecule that specifically binds to a larger target molecule in order to identify, track, capture, or influence its activity.
    • Finally, the recovery of the target protein should be attempted by washing with a suitable eluant so that the target protein dissociates from the affinity reagent.1994, G. Street, chapter 2, in Highly selective separations in biotechnology, →ISBN, page 10

Forms of affinity reagent

pluralaffinity reagents

Questions about affinity reagent

What does affinity reagent mean?
Affinity reagent means an antibody, peptide, nucleic acid, or other small molecule that specifically binds to a larger target molecule in order to identify, track, capture, or influence its activity.
What part of speech is affinity reagent?
Affinity reagent is a noun.
What is the plural of affinity reagent?
The plural of affinity reagent is affinity reagents.

Words near affinity reagent in the dictionary

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