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Sanger's reagent

Sanger's reagent noun: dinitrofluorobenzene.

Noun

Sanger's reagent (uncountable)

  1. dinitrofluorobenzene

Origin of Sanger's reagent

Named after Frederick Sanger, who in 1945 described its use for determining the N-terminal amino acid in polypeptide chains.

Questions about Sanger's reagent

What does Sanger's reagent mean?
Sanger's reagent means dinitrofluorobenzene.
What part of speech is Sanger's reagent?
Sanger's reagent is a noun.

Words near Sanger's reagent in the dictionary

  1. sangeets
  2. sangen
  3. sangens
  4. sanger
  5. Sanger sequencing
  6. Sanger's reagent
  7. Sangerfield
  8. Sangerhausen
  9. Sangerian
  10. sangers
  11. Sangerville

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