See Also: Sanger's reagent(medicine)
Herbal medicine (botanical medicine, herbology, phytomedicine)(health)
Sanger, Frederick(encyclopedia)
Sanger, Margaret(dictionary)
Sanger, Frederick(medicine)
Sanger method(medicine)
Sanger, Margaret(encyclopedia)
Sanger General Hospital(health)
Sanger Coulson method(medicine)
Medicine Lodge Memorial Hospital- Medicine Lodge(health)

Sanger's reagent (medicine)


Sanger's reagent -->
fluoro-2,4-dinitrobenzene


A reagent used to combine with the free NH2 group of the NH2-terminal amino acid residue in a peptide, thus marking this residue; the combined forms are known as DNP-proteins, Dnp-aminoacyl, etc., the fluorine having been replaced to leave a dinitrophenyl residue (DNP, Dnp, or N2Ph-) attached to the NH2 group.

Synonym: Sanger's reagent.

Acronym: FDNB