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agarose

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[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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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

It may not be enough to simply mix chitosan and agarose together.

From Science Daily • Dec. 11, 2023

Usually the gel is made of a chemical called agarose.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

In brief, nuclei were isolated from leaves of one-month-old plants, and embedded in agarose plugs.

From Nature • May 8, 2018

Subsequently, approximately 300-bp DNA fragments were selected again on 2% agarose gel, and amplified by PCR with 11 cycles.

From Nature • May 8, 2018

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