Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bicine

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: bicine
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

N,N-bis(2-hydroxyethyl)glycine, a derivative of glycine that is used as a buffer.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"A fresh aliquot of this Rubisco was subsequently dissolved in binding buffer (50 mM bicine, 15 mM MgCl 2, 20 mM NaCl, pH 7.9) and placed on ice."

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does bicine mean?: N,N-bis(2-hydroxyethyl)glycine, a derivative of glycine that is used as a buffer.

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