Isopropyl-bêta-D-thiogalactoside, sans dioxane99 %, Thermo Scientific Chemicals
Beta-galactosidase inducer.Isopropyl-β-D-thiogalactoside is used as a reagent in molecular biology. It is used as an effective inducer of protein expression where the gene is under the control of the lac operator. It is used with 5-bromo-4-chloro-3-indolyl-beta-D-galactopyranoside to identify the non-recombinant plasmid in cloning experiments by blue-white screen methodology.
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