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agarose

 
Dictionary: a·ga·rose   (ä'gə-rōs', -rōz', ăg'ə-) pronunciation
n.
A polysaccharide obtained from agar that is the most widely used medium for gel electrophoresis procedures.

[AGAR + -OSE2.]


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A carbohydrate polymer that is a component of agar. It is used in chromatography and electrophoresis.



More highly purified form of agar with similar uses to agar and widely used in the separation of nucleic acid fragments.

 
 

 

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