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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


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

From Science Daily ● Dec. 11, 2023

The biopolymer composites are about four times stronger than agarose films alone, the research shows, and also resist E.coli, a commonly studied bacterium.

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

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

From Nature ● May 8, 2018

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