labeling

Noun

labeling (countable and uncountable, plural labelings)

1. A set of labels applied to the various objects in a system, to packaged goods, and so on; the act or process of applying them.
   • Near-synonyms: (for packaged goods) branding, trade dress
   • The labeling is required to include the nutrition facts itemized in 21 CFR 101.9.

   Synonyms:

   tagging, branding, trade dress

2. The introduction of a traceable chemical group (e.g., containing an isotope or a fluorescent dye) into a protein or other biomolecule of interest so it can be tracked or quantified during experimental analysis.
   • There are two potential problems with this approach: first, the specificity of labeling depends on the purity of the LPS (if contaminants are present, they may be labeled also); second, removal of the label from the LPS in vivo might occur separately from processing of the LPS molecule itself.1992, David C. Morrison, John Louis Ryan, Bacterial Endotoxic Lipopolysaccharides: Molecular biochemistry and cellular biology, →ISBN, page 407

   Synonyms:

   tagging