target molecule

collocation in English

meaningsoftargetandmolecule

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target
noun
uk
/ˈtɑː.ɡɪt/us
/ˈtɑːr.ɡɪt/
an object shot at during shooting practice, often a circle with a pattern of rings, or any object or place at which bullets, bombs, etc. ...
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molecule
noun[C]
uk
/ˈmɒl.ɪ.kjuːl/us
/ˈmɑː.lɪ.kjuːl/
the simplest unit of a chemical substance, usually a group of two or ...
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(Definition oftargetandmoleculefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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As aqueous levels are reduced by microbial action, the cells 'squeeze' additional substrate from the organic sponge, until thetargetmoleculehas been completely degraded.
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Thermodynamic procedure to synthesize heteropolymers that can renature to recognize a giventargetmolecule.
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The sensitivity of a molecular assay depends upon the number of copies of thetargetmoleculein the sample.
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As a rough estimate, it is assumed below that any collision with thetargetmoleculeentails a reaction event.
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The strands of thetargetmoleculeshown contains 16 nucleotides.
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From our numerical results we infer that it is probably hard to push efficiently towards high k without destroying thetargetmolecule.
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The vibrational signature of the molecules arises from inelastic collisions between the photons of the exciting laser source and the component parts of thetargetmolecule.
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The location of fluorescence will vary according to thetargetmolecule, external for membrane proteins, and internal for cytoplasmic proteins.
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When the probe is added to a biological system, it will selectively conjugate with thetargetmolecule.
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This allows for a variety of tasks, including localization and identification of the binder ortargetmolecule.
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To increase the crystallization probability of atargetmolecule, nanobodies can be used as crystallization chaperones.
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The fluorophore selectively binds to a specific region or functional group on thetargetmoleculeand can be attached chemically or biologically.
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The stationary phase can then be removed from the mixture, washed and thetargetmoleculereleased from the entrapment in a process known as elution.
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Many chimeric protein drugs are monoclonal antibodies whose specificity for atargetmoleculewas developed using mice and hence were initially mouse antibodies.
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The researcher converts a commercially available starting material and sequentially adds more reagents until thetargetmoleculeis synthesized.
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It is defined as the interaction of one or more photons with onetargetmolecule.
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This is generally accomplished using a reactive derivative of the fluorophore that selectively binds to a functional group contained in thetargetmolecule.
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Critically, this selectivity does not come from thetargetmoleculeitself, but from other reagents or catalysts present in the reaction.
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Their detection principle is based on the recognition of atargetmoleculeby affinity receptors (antibodies and aptamers) fixed on a solid surface.
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Aptamers can be combined with ribozymes to self-cleave in the presence of theirtargetmolecule.
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