deoxynucleotyl

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noun

A univalent radical derived from a deoxynucleotide

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Meanings

noundeoxynucleotyl (uncountable)
  1. especiallyin compoundsuncountablebiochemistryA univalent radical derived from a deoxynucleotide

    Cell proliferation reagent WST-1 and the TUNEL (terminal deoxynucleotyl transferase-mediated dUTP nick end labelling) assay were purchased from Roche (Mannhein, Germany).

    2015 July 3, Juliane Rothe et al., “The flavonoid beverage Haelan 951 induces growth arrest and apoptosis in pancreatic carcinoma cell lines in vitro”, in BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine, volume 15, →DOI

Origin

From deoxynucleotide + -yl.

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