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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A method of using genetically modified bacteriophages to make new proteins and replicate selected proteins, enabling the engineering of antibodies and the development of new drugs.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[From the fact that the proteins are displayed on the surface of the bacteriophages .]
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frogapplause commented on the word phage display
Phage display is a method for the study of protein–protein, protein–peptide, and protein–DNA interactions that uses bacteriophages to connect proteins with the genetic information that encodes them.
December 27, 2011