monoazide

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noun

Any compound containing a single azide group or anion

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Meanings

nounmonoazide (plural monoazides)

plural monoazides

  1. chemistryAny compound containing a single azide group or anion

    Ethidium monoazide (EMA) or propidium monoazide (PMA) coupled with real-time quantitative PCR (qPCR) have been used to distinguish viable from dead bacteria [ 6, 7 ].

    2015 August 16, Jérémy Desneux, Marianne Chemaly, Anne-Marie Pourcher, “Experimental design for the optimization of propidium monoazide treatment to quantify viable and non-viable bacteria in piggery effluents”, in BMC Microbiology, volume 15, →DOI

Origin

From mono- + azide.

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Chicago

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