pretargeted
pretargeted adjective: targeted prior to some other operation.
Adjective
pretargeted (not comparable)
- targeted prior to some other operation
- To label cells pretargeted with norbornene-bearing antibodies, the tetrazine-containing amino acid 2 was conjugated to a commercially available far-red indocyanine fluorophore, Vivo-Tag 680 (Fig 2 ).2015 November 5, “Tetrazine-Containing Amino Acid for Peptide Modification and Live Cell Labeling”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
Origin of pretargeted
From pre- + targeted.
Questions about pretargeted
- What does pretargeted mean?
- Pretargeted means targeted prior to some other operation.
- What part of speech is pretargeted?
- Pretargeted is an adjective.
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