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English
Etymology
From super- + shift.
Pronunciation
Noun
supershift (plural supershifts)
- (biochemistry, proteomics) A reduction in the mobility of a protein-DNA complex relative to unbound DNA, due to the binding of an antibody to that complex
2003, T. Shiozawa et al., “Involvement of Cell Cycle Regulators in Steroid Hormone-Induced Growth of Endometrial Carcinoma”, in Kuramoto & Nishida, editors, Cell and Molecular Biology of Endometrial Carcinoma, →ISBN, page 89:In addition, a band supershift was observed when anti-c-Jun antibody was added.
Verb
supershift (third-person singular simple present supershifts, present participle supershifting, simple past and past participle supershifted)
- (biochemistry, proteomics) To induce a supershift
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