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isopropyl-beta-d-thiogalactopyranoside

/ˌaɪsəˈproʊpəl ˈbeɪtə ˈdiː wʌn ˌθaɪoʊɡəˌlæktoʊpaɪˈrænəsaɪd/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
iso-propy-l--be-ta-d-thio-galac-topy-ra-noside
IPA
/ˌaɪsəˈproʊpəl ˈbeɪtə ˈdiː wʌn ˌθaɪoʊɡəˌlæktoʊpaɪˈrænəsaɪd/
57
Scrabble Score
35
Letters
12
Syllables
16
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A synthetic chemical used to turn on gene expression by activating the lac operon, Commonly used in molecular biology to induce the production of recombinant proteins.

Uncountable

Etymology

From isopropyl + beta + D + thiogalactopyranoside.

Usage

Inflected Forms

IPTG (abbreviation)

Questions

How do you pronounce isopropyl-beta-d-thiogalactopyranoside?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˌaɪsəˈproʊpəl ˈbeɪtə ˈdiː wʌn ˌθaɪoʊɡəˌlæktoʊpaɪˈrænəsaɪd/.
What does isopropyl-beta-d-thiogalactopyranoside mean?
A synthetic chemical used to turn on gene expression by activating the lac operon, Commonly used in molecular biology to induce the production of recombinant proteins.
Where does isopropyl-beta-d-thiogalactopyranoside come from?
From isopropyl + beta + D + thiogalactopyranoside.

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