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azo-galactan

azo-galactan noun: galactan, treated with an azo dye, that is used in enzymatic assays.

Noun

azo-galactan (countable and uncountable, plural azo-galactans)

  1. (capitalized, often) Galactan, treated with an azo dye, that is used in enzymatic assays.
    • Eight types of biodegradable substrates (see Table 2) were used in this study; azo-galactan, azocarob galactomannan, AZ-rhamnogalacturonan, azoCM-cellulose, red pullulan, […]2012, M Arora, AC Anil, J Delany, N Rajarajan, et al., “Carbohydrate-degrading bacteria closely associated with Tetraselmis indica: influence on algal growth”, in Aquatic Biology
    • […] was determined on the native dyed substrate Azo-galactan (Megazyme) in accordance with […] Each reaction mixture (200 μL) contained 100 μL of supernatant and 1% Azo-galactan in 50 […]2013, O Tabachnikov, Y Shoham, “Functional characterization of the galactan utilization system of Geobacillus stearothermophilus”, in The FEBS journal

Examples of azo-galactan in a sentence

  • Azo-galactan is partly debranched potato galactan dyed with […] solution (2% w/v azo-galactan in 50 mM sodium acetate buffer, pH 4.5 […] All azo-galactan assay measurements were made in […]2015, S Torpenholt, L De Maria, MHM Olsson, et al., “Effect of mutations on the thermostability of Aspergillus aculeatus β-1...
  • […] on the high molecular weight β-1,4-galactan was determined quantitatively by the measurement of the increase of the reducing power or with the dyed substrate Azo-galactan.2017, H Watzlawick, “Measurement of the Galactanase Activity of the GanB Galactanase Protein from Bacillus subtilis”, in Bio-protocol:
  • […] substrate AZO-galactan […] of AZO-galactan according to instructions of the manufacturer.2007, A Delangle, AF Prouvost, V Cogez, JP Bohin, et al., “Characterization of the Erwinia chrysanthemi gan Locus, Involved in Galactan...

Forms of azo-galactan

pluralazo-galactans

Origin of azo-galactan

From azo- + galactan.

Questions about azo-galactan

What does azo-galactan mean?
Azo-galactan means galactan, treated with an azo dye, that is used in enzymatic assays.
How do you use azo-galactan in a sentence?
Azo-galactan is partly debranched potato galactan dyed with […] solution (2% w/v azo-galactan in 50 mM sodium acetate buffer, pH 4.5 […] All azo-galactan assay measurements were made in […]
What part of speech is azo-galactan?
Azo-galactan is a noun.
What is the plural of azo-galactan?
The plural of azo-galactan is azo-galactans.

Words near azo-galactan in the dictionary

  1. azo dyestuff
  2. azo dyestuffs
  3. azo pigment
  4. azo violet
  5. azo-
  6. azo-galactan
  7. azo-galactans
  8. azoalbumin
  9. azoalkane
  10. azoalkanes
  11. azoalkene

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