radioligand meaning

• [Medicine]
  n : a substance (as an antigen) that has been radiolabeled esp. for analysis by radioimmunoassay
  

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Examples

1. His lab also first developed [ 125 DOI as a radioligand.
2. The radioligand concentration is high enough to saturate the protein.
3. Among the many molecules used in this context is the radioligand [ ] DASB.
4. The affinity towards adenosine A 3 subtype was measured against the radioligand PSB-11.
5. In PET imaging, the amount of radioligand is usually very small ( L B _ { max } \ approx R