electrophoresis
IPA: ɪɫɛktroʊfɔrɪsɪs
noun
- (electricity) the migration of electrically charged molecules through a medium under the influence of an electric field
- (analytical chemistry) (biochemistry), a method for the separation and analysis of large molecules (such as proteins) by migrating a colloidal solution of them through a gel; gel electrophoresis
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Examples of "electrophoresis" in Sentences
- Moving boundary electrophoresis.
- Pulsed field gel electrophoresis.
- Kinetic capillary electrophoresis.
- Denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis.
- It is often used in gel electrophoresis.
- In medicine, protein electrophoresis a.k.a.
- Capillary electrophoresis mass spectrometry.
- It is a further development of electrophoresis.
- Fluorophore assisted carbohydrate electrophoresis.
- Gel electrophoresis, including isoelectric focusing
- Chromatography and electrophoresis are representative of this field.
- The actual test for EPO, what they call electrophoresis, is actually being questioned on a pretty serious level right now.
- Employing a process called "electrophoresis," researchers who study DNA typically embed negatively charged DNA into a porous hydrogel.
- The amplified DNA then undergoes a technique to ascertain the number of repeats at a given loci location, called electrophoresis, which separates the molecules according to length.
- A new type of ablation is based on a technique called electrophoresis, which involves using electrical energy to alter cell membranes and allow chemotherapy drugs to enter more freely.
- Svedberg's student, Arne Tiselius, studied the migration of protein molecules in an electric field, and with this method, named electrophoresis, he demonstrated the complex nature of blood proteins.
- Under the leadership of Tiselius this institute has contributed to the development and improvement of a number of useful methods in biochemistry, such as electrophoresis, chromatography, phase partition, gel filtration, etc.
- Electronic paper (e-paper) utilizes a process called electrophoresis where colored particles in a clear suspension carrying a surface charge are controlled by administering an electric field perpendicular to the surface, forcing them to gather at the top of a pixel and so creating darkened areas.
- Svedberg's investigations with the ultracentrifuge and Tiselius's electrophoresis studies (see Section 3.10) were instrumental in establishing that protein molecules have a unique size and structure, and this was a prerequisite for Sanger's determination of their amino-acid sequence and the crystallographic work of