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biarsenical

biarsenical noun: any of a group of fluorescent compounds, that contain two arsenic atoms, used to visualize proteins.

Noun

biarsenical (plural biarsenicals)

  1. Any of a group of fluorescent compounds, that contain two arsenic atoms, used to visualize proteins
    • We initially constructed a tetracysteine (PG) tagged hMC4R (hMC4R-PG) for co-transfection with a variant tetracysteine (FLN) tagged hMRAPα (hMRAPα-FLN) in order for dual detection of the tetracysteine tags by biarsenical labelling with FlAsH-EDT 2 or ReAsH-EDT 2, respectively.2015 October 16, “hMRAPα, but Not hMRAP2, Enhances hMC4R Constitutive Activity in HEK293 Cells and This Is Not Dependent on hMRAPα Induced Changes in hMC4R Complex N-linked Glycosylation”, in PLOS...

Adjective

biarsenical (not comparable)

  1. Involving two arsenic atoms
    • biarsenical labelling

Forms of biarsenical

pluralbiarsenicals

Origin of biarsenical

From bi- + arsenical.

Questions about biarsenical

What does biarsenical mean?
Biarsenical means any of a group of fluorescent compounds, that contain two arsenic atoms, used to visualize proteins.
What part of speech is biarsenical?
Biarsenical can be a noun or an adjective.
What is the plural of biarsenical?
The plural of biarsenical is biarsenicals.

Words near biarsenical in the dictionary

  1. biarmed
  2. biarmosuchian
  3. biarmosuchians
  4. Biaroza
  5. Biarritz
  6. biarsenical
  7. biarsenically
  8. biarsenicals
  9. biarsenite
  10. biarsenites
  11. biarticular

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