Indicator, Reagent, or Diagnostic Aid
cyanogen bromide
[ sahy-an-uh-juhn, -jen broh-mahyd ]
Subclass of:
Nitrogen Compounds, Inorganic;
Bromides
Definitions related to cyanogen bromide:
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An inorganic compound used as a reagent in molecular biology. As a reagent for peptide mapping and amino acid sequence analysis, cyanogen bromide hydrolyzes peptide bonds at methionine residues in peptides and proteins. In addition, this agent acts as a coupling reagent for phosphoramidate or pyrophosphate inter-nucleotide bonds in DNA duplexes.NCI ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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Cyanogen bromide (CNBr). A compound used in molecular biology to digest some proteins and as a coupling reagent for phosphoroamidate or pyrophosphate internucleotide bonds in DNA duplexes.NLM Medical Subject HeadingsU.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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Reagent which specifically cleaves peptide bonds at methionine residues, used to hydrolyze proteins for peptide mapping and aminoacid and sequence analysis.CRISP ThesaurusNational Institutes of Health, 2006
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