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monopalmitates

monopalmitates is the plural of monopalmitate.

Meaning of monopalmitate

Noun

monopalmitate (plural monopalmitates)

  1. Any compound that has a single palmitate group
    • As a fermentation trigger, polyoxyethylene sorbitan monopalmitate (Tween 40) is widely used to enhance l -glutamate overproduction in C. glutamicum because it can decrease ODHC activity by downregulation of dtsR1 expression [ 16 ].2015 August 12, Minliang Chen et al., “Effect of Tween 40 and DtsR1 on l-arginine overproduction in Corynebacterium crenatum”, in Microbial Cell Factories, volume 14, →DOI

Questions about monopalmitates

What is monopalmitates the plural of?
Monopalmitates is the plural of monopalmitate.

Words near monopalmitates in the dictionary

  1. monooxygenation
  2. monooxygenations
  3. monopack
  4. monopacks
  5. monopalmitate
  6. monopalmitates
  7. monopalmitin
  8. monopalmitins
  9. monopalmitoyl
  10. monopalmitoylated
  11. monoparalogous

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