Building Blocks; Enzyme Activators and Inhibitors;
應用
N-Methylmaleimide is an electron deficient olefin that acts as a thiol-blocking reagent in living human cells. N-Methylmaleimide also has the ability to undergo free-radical homopolymerization, and is used as a model for resins that contain the maleimide functional group.
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