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polypeptone

polypeptone noun: a polymeric peptone.

Noun

polypeptone (plural polypeptones)

  1. A polymeric peptone
    • Our current hypothesis is that polypeptone within the media contains some factor(s) that facilitates uracil consumption, but this remains to be proved.2015 November 5, “Cell Lysis in S . pombe ura4 Mutants Is Suppressed by Loss of Functional Pub1, Which Regulates the Uracil Transporter Fur4”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Forms of polypeptone

pluralpolypeptones

Origin of polypeptone

From poly- + peptone.

Questions about polypeptone

What does polypeptone mean?
Polypeptone means a polymeric peptone.
What part of speech is polypeptone?
Polypeptone is a noun.
What is the plural of polypeptone?
The plural of polypeptone is polypeptones.

Words near polypeptone in the dictionary

  1. polypeptide chain
  2. polypeptide chains
  3. polypeptides
  4. polypeptidic
  5. polypeptidyl
  6. polypeptone
  7. polypeptones
  8. polypersonal
  9. polypersonalism
  10. polyperylene
  11. polyperylenes

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