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ethylmaleimide

ethylmaleimide noun: an N-ethyl derivative of maleimide that is used to modify cystine residues in proteins and peptides.

Noun

ethylmaleimide (uncountable)

  1. An N-ethyl derivative of maleimide that is used to modify cystine residues in proteins and peptides

Origin of ethylmaleimide

From ethyl + maleimide.

Questions about ethylmaleimide

What does ethylmaleimide mean?
Ethylmaleimide means an N-ethyl derivative of maleimide that is used to modify cystine residues in proteins and peptides.
What part of speech is ethylmaleimide?
Ethylmaleimide is a noun.

Words near ethylmaleimide in the dictionary

  1. ethylin
  2. ethylins
  3. ethylketazocine
  4. ethylketocyclazocine
  5. ethyllithium
  6. ethylmaleimide
  7. ethylmalonic
  8. ethylmercurithiosalicylate
  9. ethylmercurithiosalicylates
  10. ethylmercurithiosalicylic
  11. ethylmercurithiosalicylic acid

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