Definition of electrophoresis in English:
electrophoresis
noun ɪˌlɛktrə(ʊ)fəˈriːsɪsəˌlɛktrəfəˈrisɪs
mass nounChemistry Physics The movement of charged particles in a fluid or gel under the influence of an electric field.
Example sentencesExamples
- Proteins were separated by sodium dodecyl sulphate/polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis as described previously.
- The purity of enzyme preparations was analysed by gel electrophoresis and spectral analysis.
- The results of liver tests were normal, as were those of a chemistry panel and hemoglobin electrophoresis.
- They separated the DNA out of the blood and analyzed it with conformational gel electrophoresis.
- The first was protein analysis using sodium dodecyl sulphate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis.
Derivatives
verb ɪˌlɛktrə(ʊ)fəˈriːsəˌlɛktrəfəˈris
[with object]Physics Chemistry Subject (a mixture of substances) to electrophoresis.
DNA samples were electrophoresed in agarose gel
Example sentencesExamples
- PCR products were electrophoresed on acrylamide gels and stained by ethidium bromide.
- Radioactively labeled microsatellite regions were electrophoresed on denaturing polyacrylamide gels and visualized using autoradiography.
- These single nucleotide reactions were run side-by-side on standard acrylamide gels with an electrolyte gradient and electrophoresed for 2-3 hr.
adjective ɪˌlɛktrə(ʊ)fəˈrɛtɪkəˌlɛktrəfəˈrɛdɪk
Physics Chemistry Separation of charged solutes can also cause problems owing to adsorption or electrophoretic migration.
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- We have also used electrophoretic ion transport to characterize nanopores fabricated this way.
- One can study membrane protein formation and aggregation by examining the electrophoretic mobility of dimerizing proteins subject to point mutations.
- The most common approach to these ends is the determination of the electrophoretic mobility of lipid vesicles in electrolyte solutions.
- In agreement with this, the tobacco leaf nuclear extract retarded the electrophoretic mobility of each of the eight oligonucleotides.
adverb
Physics Chemistry After electrophoresis, the proteins were transferred electrophoretically onto a nitrocellulose membrane as described previously.
Example sentencesExamples
- Complexes within the gel were electrophoretically transferred to nitrocellulose membrane and probed for as previously described.
- All reaction products can be loaded together and then separated electrophoretically.
- Vesicles were manipulated electrophoretically by imposing an electric field along the axis of one of two orthogonal channels in a chamber mounted on the stage of the microscope.
- Beychok and Warner have observed electrophoretically a strong interaction of lysozyme with chloride.
Origin
Early 20th century: from electro- + Greek phorēsis 'being carried'.
Definition of electrophoresis in US English:
electrophoresis
nounəˌlektrəfəˈrēsisəˌlɛktrəfəˈrisɪs
Chemistry Physics The movement of charged particles in a fluid or gel under the influence of an electric field.
Example sentencesExamples
- The first was protein analysis using sodium dodecyl sulphate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis.
- The purity of enzyme preparations was analysed by gel electrophoresis and spectral analysis.
- They separated the DNA out of the blood and analyzed it with conformational gel electrophoresis.
- Proteins were separated by sodium dodecyl sulphate/polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis as described previously.
- The results of liver tests were normal, as were those of a chemistry panel and hemoglobin electrophoresis.
Origin
Early 20th century: from electro- + Greek phorēsis ‘being carried’.