Etymology

supershift

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Today it means: A reduction in the mobility of a protein-DNA complex relative to unbound DNA, due to the binding of an antibody to that complex Full definition →

English shift ← Latin super- ← Proto-Italic *super
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*úp
  2. Proto-Indo-European*upér
  3. Proto-Italic*super
  4. Latinsuper
  5. Latinsuper-
  6. Englishsuper-
  7. Englishshift
  8. English todaysupershift

From super- + shift.

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