SPR can refer to different things depending on the context. Here are some possible meanings:
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Strategic Petroleum Reserve: This is an emergency stockpile of petroleum maintained by the United States Department of Energy (DOE) ). It was created following the 1973 energy crisis and is intended to give the United States protection from disruptions in oil supplies. The reserve currently holds about 405 million barrels in dozens of caverns in four heavily guarded locations on the Louisiana and Texas coasts.
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Surface plasmon resonance: This is an optical effect that can be utilized to measure the binding of molecules in real-time without the use of labels. SPR instruments are primarily used to measure the binding kinetics and affinity of molecular interactions. SPR can be used, for example, to measure the binding between two proteins, a protein and an antibody, DNA and a protein, and many more.
Its important to note that SPR can have other meanings depending on the context, but these are the most common ones.
