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agarose

American  
[ah-guh-rohs, -rohz] / ˈɑ gəˌroʊs, -ˌroʊz /

noun

Chemistry.
  1. a substance obtained from agar and used for chromatographic separations.


Etymology

Origin of agarose

First recorded in 1965–70; agar + -ose 2

Example Sentences

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Combining chitosan, a biopolymer that makes crab shells hard, with agarose, a biopolymer extracted from seaweed that is used to make gels, creates unique biopolymer composite films with enhanced strength.

From Science Daily • Dec. 11, 2023

The strong chitosan micro- and nanoscale fibrils are hierarchically branched to provide strength and stability to the agarose film where they are embedded.

From Science Daily • Dec. 11, 2023

Usually the gel is made of a chemical called agarose.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

DNA was purified twice with Beckman Coulter Genomics AMPure XP magnetic beads and assessed by standard agarose gel electrophoresis and Thermo Fisher Scientific Qubit Fluorometry.

From Nature • Feb. 7, 2017

Worms were anaesthetized on an agarose pad with a 5-l droplet of 0.625mM levamisole hydrochloride in water for 20s before a coverslip was placed on top, and the worms were imaged immediately.

From Nature • Apr. 4, 2014

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