zeptomole
See also: zepto-mole
English
editEtymology
editPronunciation
edit- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈzɛptoʊˌmoʊl/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈzɛptəʊˌməʊl/
- Hyphenation: zep‧to‧mole
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Noun
editzeptomole (plural zeptomoles)
- (physical chemistry) 10-21 mole, or about 600 molecules. SI symbol: zmol.
- 2002, Jeffrey Van Ness, “Present and Future of Tags and Labels in High Throughput Genomic Analysis”, in D. J. Galas, S. J. McCormack, editors, Genomic Technologies: Present and Future: Functional Genomics Series[1], Caister Academic Press, →ISBN, pages 144–145:
- It has been repeatedly shown that enzyme-derived ODN-based assays can detect as little as 50 zeptomoles of target DNA corresponding to about 25,000 molecules.