osbipy

English

Etymology

From the first syllables of osmium and bipyridine.

Noun

osbipy (uncountable)

  1. A compound, formed from osmium tetroxide and 2,2'-bipyridine, used to label thymidine during electrophoresis
    • 2015 December 12, “Osmium-Based Pyrimidine Contrast Tags for Enhanced Nanopore-Based DNA Base Discrimination”, in PLOS ONE‎, DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0142155:
      In particular, the use of osbipy as a DNA contrast agent may also have applications in DNA mapping technologies.

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