photoaffinity labeling

noun

A technique in which a molecular label may be reversibly bound to a biological macromolecule, the attachment being made or broken photochemically

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Meanings

nounphotoaffinity labeling (uncountable)
  1. uncountablebiochemistryA technique in which a molecular label may be reversibly bound to a biological macromolecule, the attachment being made or broken photochemically
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