Cancer Terms

Streptavidin

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Streptavidin Definition

An extracellular protein that has four high affinity binding sites for biotin. Streptavidin is widely utilized in fluorescence microscopy applications due to the ease with which a conjugate fluorescent moiety can be coupled to the protein.

Streptavidin Synonyms

Streptavidin, streptavidin

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