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agarose

American

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

noun

Chemistry.

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

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

Usually the gel is made of a chemical called agarose.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

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

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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