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- adjective biochemistry Describing
biochemical research techniques for selectivelylabelling biomolecules that areindependent of the detailed structure of the host molecule
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"Our latest studies have now established copper-free click chemistry as a bioorthogonal reaction that can be executed in the physiologically relevant context of a mouse."
THE MEDICAL NEWS 2010
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"Our latest studies have now established copper-free click chemistry as a bioorthogonal reaction that can be executed in the physiologically relevant context of a mouse."
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The propargyl (alkyne) and azido groups are bioorthogonal reaction partners.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Sandeep Ravindran et al. 2009
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Sen Gupta S, Kuzelka J, Singh P, Lewis WG, Manchester M, et al. (2005) Accelerated bioorthogonal conjugation: a practical method for the ligation of diverse functional molecules to a polyvalent virus scaffold.
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