Preferred Label : fluorescence polarization;
MeSH definition : Measurement of the polarization of fluorescent light from solutions or microscopic
specimens. It is used to provide information concerning molecular size, shape, and
conformation, molecular anisotropy, electronic energy transfer, molecular interaction,
including dye and coenzyme binding, and the antigen-antibody reaction.;
MeSH synonym : polarization, fluorescence; polarizations, fluorescence; fluorescence polarizations;
MeSH hyponym : anisotropy, fluorescence; Anisotropies, Fluorescence; Fluorescence Anisotropies; Fluorescence Anisotropy;
MeSH annotation : determ of polarization of fluorescent light: do not confuse with FLUORESCENCE POLARIZATION
IMMUNOASSAY, its application to hapten-antibody reaction; NIM;
Origin ID : D005454;
UMLS CUI : C0016316;
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Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
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Measurement of the polarization of fluorescent light from solutions or microscopic
specimens. It is used to provide information concerning molecular size, shape, and
conformation, molecular anisotropy, electronic energy transfer, molecular interaction,
including dye and coenzyme binding, and the antigen-antibody reaction.