Decahistidine

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An oligopeptide consisting of ten histidine moieties uncountable
  2. 2
    A section of ten histidine amino acids added to a protein (such a section does not exist in nature) uncountable

    "We also explored using a vector (pNIC-Bio2) appending a decahistidine tag because, in theory, this tag would offer higher affinity immobilization to an NTA chip in surface plasmon resonance (SPR), which could facilitate acquiring more accurate kinetic binding data for the Fabs."

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"We also explored using a vector (pNIC-Bio2) appending a decahistidine tag because, in theory, this tag would offer higher affinity immobilization to an NTA chip in surface plasmon resonance (SPR), which could facilitate acquiring more accurate kinetic binding data for the Fabs."

Etymology

From deca- + histidine.

Related phrases

amino acid

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