biotinylate
biotinylate verb: to attach a biotin residue to a biological macromolecule in order to label it.
Verb
biotinylate (third-person singular simple present biotinylates, present participle biotinylating, simple past and past participle biotinylated)
- To attach a biotin residue to a biological macromolecule in order to label it
- After 30 min, the reaction was supplemented to a final volume of 25 μL with 5 units of Klenow fragment (3′→5′ exo-) DNA polymerase (NEB, USA) and 5 μM of biotin-14-dUTP, dATP, dGTP and dCTP and incubated at 37 °C for another 30 min to fill in the overhangs and biotinylate the fragmented DNA.2015 July 11, Eugene J. H. Wee, Thu Ha Ngo, Matt Trau, “Colorimetric detection of both total genomic and loci-specific DNA methylation from limited DNA inputs”, in Clinical Epigenetics, volume 7, →DOI
Forms of biotinylate
| third-person singular present | biotinylates |
|---|---|
| present participle | biotinylating |
| past participle | biotinylated |
| past | biotinylated |
Origin of biotinylate
From biotinyl + -ate.
Words formed from biotinylate
Questions about biotinylate
- What does biotinylate mean?
- Biotinylate means to attach a biotin residue to a biological macromolecule in order to label it.
- What part of speech is biotinylate?
- Biotinylate is a verb.
- What is the past tense of biotinylate?
- The past tense of biotinylate is biotinylated.
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