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phosphostain

phosphostain noun: a phosphoprotein gel stain.

Noun

phosphostain (plural phosphostains)

  1. A phosphoprotein gel stain
    • Potential substrates were initially identified in phosphorylation reactions after SDS PAGE analysis and phosphorylation-directed staining with the Pro-Q Diamond phosphostain reagent.2015 December 11, “Role of Intrinsic and Extrinsic Factors in the Regulation of the Mitotic Checkpoint Kinase Bub1”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Verb

phosphostain (third-person singular simple present phosphostains, present participle phosphostaining, simple past and past participle phosphostained)

  1. To stain using such a material

Forms of phosphostain

Noun
pluralphosphostains
Verb
third-person singular presentphosphostains
present participlephosphostaining
past participlephosphostained
pastphosphostained

Origin of phosphostain

From phospho- + stain.

Questions about phosphostain

What does phosphostain mean?
Phosphostain means a phosphoprotein gel stain.
What part of speech is phosphostain?
Phosphostain can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of phosphostain?
The plural of phosphostain is phosphostains.

Words near phosphostain in the dictionary

  1. phosphospecificity
  2. phosphosphingolipid
  3. phosphosphingolipids
  4. phosphosphingomyelin
  5. phosphosphingomyelins
  6. phosphostain
  7. phosphostaining
  8. phosphostainings
  9. phosphostains
  10. phosphosubstrate
  11. phosphosubstrates

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