Meanings
nounmonopalmitate (plural monopalmitates)
plural monopalmitates
- Any compound that has a single palmitate group
As a fermentation trigger, polyoxyethylene sorbitan monopalmitate (Tween 40) is widely used to enhance l -glutamate overproduction in C. glutamicum because it can decrease ODHC activity by downregulation of dtsR1 expression [ 16 ].
2015 August 12, Minliang Chen et al., “Effect of Tween 40 and DtsR1 on l-arginine overproduction in Corynebacterium crenatum”, in Microbial Cell Factories, volume 14, →DOI
Origin
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