Meanings
present singular third person deproteinates · participle present deproteinating · participle past deproteinated · past deproteinated
- Synonym of deproteinize.
The cell pellet was treated with 0.5 mL 0.25 M metaphosphoric acid on ice for 5 min to deproteinate the sample.
2015 June 3, Lorenzo Di Cesare Mannelli et al., “α7 Nicotinic Receptor Promotes the Neuroprotective Functions of Astrocytes against Oxaliplatin Neurotoxicity”, in Neural Plasticity, volume 2015, →DOISynonyms: deproteinize
Synonyms & antonyms
verbSynonym of deproteinize.
Origin
From de- + protein + -ate (verb-forming suffix).
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
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