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dansylating

dansylating is the present participle and gerund of dansylate.

Meaning of dansylate

Verb

dansylate (third-person singular simple present dansylates, present participle dansylating, simple past and past participle dansylated)

  1. To derivatize with a dansyl group by reacting with dansyl chloride, 5(dimethylamino)naphth‐1‐ylsulfonyl chloride. (The method is used to acylate free amino groups in protein end‐group.)

Questions about dansylating

What is dansylating the present participle and gerund of?
Dansylating is the present participle and gerund of dansylate.

Words near dansylating in the dictionary

  1. dansylalanine
  2. dansylamide
  3. dansylate
  4. dansylated
  5. dansylates
  6. dansylating
  7. dansylation
  8. dansylations
  9. dansylcadaverine
  10. dansylglycine
  11. dansyls

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