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tryptone

tryptone noun: the assortment of peptides formed by the digestion of casein by trypsin, a protease. Often used in the preparation of lysogeny broth.

Noun

tryptone (countable and uncountable, plural tryptones)

  1. The assortment of peptides formed by the digestion of casein by trypsin, a protease. Often used in the preparation of lysogeny broth.
    • Cells were grown from an overnight culture in tryptone broth at 30°C and then harvested.2000 March 3, Philippe Cluzel et al., “An Ultrasensitive Bacterial Motor Revealed by Monitoring Signaling Proteins in Single Cells”, in Science, volume 287, number 5458, →DOI, pages 1652–1655

tryptone meaning in Tamil

tryptone in Tamil

டிரிப்டோன்

Forms of tryptone

pluraltryptones

Words formed from tryptone

Questions about tryptone

What does tryptone mean?
Tryptone means the assortment of peptides formed by the digestion of casein by trypsin, a protease. Often used in the preparation of lysogeny broth.
What is tryptone in Tamil?
Tryptone in Tamil is டிரிப்டோன். See Tryptone meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is tryptone?
Tryptone is a noun.
What is the plural of tryptone?
The plural of tryptone is tryptones.

Words near tryptone in the dictionary

  1. trypticase soy agar
  2. tryptich
  3. tryptique
  4. tryptiques
  5. tryptoline
  6. tryptone
  7. tryptones
  8. tryptophan
  9. tryptophan synthase
  10. tryptophan synthetase
  11. tryptophanamide

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