X-gal
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x-gal-304-18106798
title:
X-gal
text:
X-gal is an organic compound consisting of galactose linked to a substituted indole. The compound was synthesized by Jerome Horwitz and collaborators in 1964. The formal chemical name is often shortened to less accurate but also less cumbersome phrases such as bromochloroindoxyl galactoside. The X from indoxyl may be the source of the X in the X-gal contraction. X-gal is often used in molecular biology to test for the presence of an enzyme, β-galactosidase, in the place of its usual target, a β-
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Chemical compound
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-gal
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date modified:
2023-10-16T16:57:55Z
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