Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A substance formed by the action of pancreatic juice on proteids.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Physiol. Chem.) The peptone formed by pancreatic digestion; -- so called because it is formed through the agency of the ferment
trypsin .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun biochemistry The assortment of
peptides formed by the digestion ofcasein bytrypsin , aprotease . Often used in the preparation of lysogeny broth.
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Overnight cultures were grown in tryptone broth (TB; 1% tryptone, 0. 5% NaCl) containing ampicillin (100 µg/ml) or chloramphenicol (100 µg/ml) at 30°C for 16 h.
PLoS Biology: New Articles Linda Løvdok et al. 2009
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