dansylation

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noun

Modification by the addition of a dansyl group

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Meanings

noundansylation (plural dansylations)

plural dansylations

  1. chemistryModification by the addition of a dansyl group

    The completion of acetylation and dansylation reactions was monitored by reversed phase (RP) C18 analytical HPLC and mass spectroscopy (MS).

    2015 December 24, “Resolution of Two Sub-Populations of Conformers and Their Individual Dynamics by Time Resolved Ensemble Level FRET Measurements”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin

From dansyl + -ation.

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Chicago

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