gel electrophoresis

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noun Biochemistry.

a technique for separating protein molecules of varying sizes in a mixture by moving them through a block of gel, as of agarose or polyacrylamide, by means of an electric field, with smaller molecules moving faster and therefore farther than larger ones.

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Words nearby gel electrophoresis

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How to use gel electrophoresis in a sentence

And lo, Snowballs—underpants which can hold a flexible gel pack that you store in the freezer—was born.
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Supplies of soap, bleach, or alcohol-based hand gel also were depleted.
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This isn't the typical high heels and hair gel style pool party rave Miami is famous for.
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Police found bulletproof vests, ammunition, and 14 explosive devices made of the water-gel Tovex.
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Of course, celebrities were appropriating Native American culture long before Harry Styles bought his first bottle of hair gel.
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You shall read it aloud to me, my gel—or, better still, I'll read it to you.
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I'm a little gel stayin' with her now, and you—I want you to come back with me.
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I'm soory fur the gel, but ef she had the locket, of course she tuk the locket.
Sue, A Little Heroine|L. T. Meade
Hugh, the gel's in the garden, she is sitting by the lily-pond and believes her heart is broken, but it isn't!
The Imaginary Marriage|Henry St. John Cooper
Excuse me, ma'am, but when you say I've done nothing for my gel here I suppose you'll allow I've kept her and educated her?
The Woman Thou Gavest Me|Hall Caine

Cultural definitions for gel electrophoresis

gel electrophoresis

[ (i-lek-toh-fuh-ree-sis) ]

A technique used in DNA fingerprinting and other processes in which large molecules are to be identified. Fragments of DNA are placed in a semiporous gel, and an electrical field is turned on. The fragments move in response to the field, with smaller fragments generally moving faster. After a time, the fragments have separated enough to form a series of separated lines like a bar code that characterizes the DNA.