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affinity reagents

affinity reagents is the plural of affinity reagent.

Meaning of affinity reagent

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

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What is affinity reagents the plural of?
Affinity reagents is the plural of affinity reagent.

Words near affinity reagents in the dictionary

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