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poly- +‎ peptone

Noun

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polypeptone (plural polypeptones)

  1. A polymeric peptone
    • 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[1], →DOI:
      Our current hypothesis is that polypeptone within the media contains some factor(s) that facilitates uracil consumption, but this remains to be proved.