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isoelectric

American  
[ahy-soh-i-lek-trik] / ˌaɪ soʊ ɪˈlɛk trɪk /

adjective

  1. of, relating to, or having the same electric potential.


isoelectric British  
/ ˌaɪsəʊɪˈlɛktrɪk /

adjective

  1. having the same electric potential

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Etymology

Origin of isoelectric

First recorded in 1875–80; iso- + electric

Example Sentences

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To promote the formation of new disulfide bonds, that value, known as the isoelectric point, has to match the pH of hair keratin.

From Science Magazine

She and her colleagues wondered if they could change a protein’s isoelectric point to make it mesh better with keratin’s pH value.

From Science Magazine

Next, they added this substance to a chemical soup called EDDAC, raising its isoelectric point.

From Science Magazine

In contrast with LF, which is an anionic substrate, the translocated domains in Tc complexes from P. luminescens—that is, the hypervariable regions of TccC3 and TccC5—are both cationic substrates with isoelectric points of 9.68 and 8.65, respectively, and would therefore be translocated without additional pH gradients.

From Nature

When they took the man off the antiepileptic after six days, his EEG readings briefly showed a flat line, also known as an isoelectric line, before returning to the pattern of activity characteristic of the coma state immediately preceding a flat line, a period called burst-suppression.

From Scientific American