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pulse-chase

adj :  involving the exposure of cells to a substrate bearing a radioactive label for a predetermined time followed by exposure to a high concentration of unlabeled substrate in order to stop uptake of the labeled substrate and follow its metabolic course <a experiment>  < studies>  .
 
 

 
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