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radiolabel

American  
[ray-dee-oh-lay-buhl] / ˌreɪ di oʊˈleɪ bəl /

verb (used with object)

Chemistry.
radiolabeled, radiolabeling, radiolabelled, radiolabelling
  1. label.


Etymology

Origin of radiolabel

First recorded in 1950–55; radio- + label


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CCK-2R affinity of each of the radiolabeled compounds was examined on MTC cells.

From Science Daily ● Jan. 13, 2024

By 1990, he had begun using radiolabeled rotenone, a fat-loving chemical that readily crosses biological membranes, including the blood-brain barrier, to map locations in the brain of complex I.

From Science Magazine ● May 4, 2023

In an experiment on transport in plants, seedlings are exposed to radiolabeled minerals.

From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022

Figure 14.4 In Hershey and Chase's experiments, bacteria were infected with phage radiolabeled with either 35S, which labels protein, or 32P, which labels DNA.

From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022

In this case, the radiolabeled tracer was for serotonin.

From Scientific American ● Mar. 19, 2012

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