Definition of Agarose

1. Noun. A polymeric cross-linked polysaccharide extracted from the seaweed agar; used to make gels that are used in electrophoresis. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Agarose

1. a sugar obtained from agar [n -S]

Medical Definition of Agarose

1. This linear galactan is created by purifying agar, when it is heated and cooled, it forms a gel that is used as a support for many types of electrophoresis and immunodiffusion (agarbiose). A typical gel is about 1% agarose. Agarose is more porous than acrylamide and is sold in different grades, the lower its sulphate content, the more highly purified it is. (06 May 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Agarose

agaric acid
agaricales
agaricic acid
agaricinic acid
agarick
agaricologist
agaricologists
agaricology
agarics
agaricus
agarita
agaritas
agaritine
agaropectin
agaropectins
agarose (current term)
agarose gel electrophoresis
agaroses
agars
agarwood
agas
agasp
agast
agastric
agastroneuria
agate
agate line
agatelike
agateophobia
agates

Literary usage of Agarose

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine (1903)
"The agarose plate was prepared by placing 3 ml of 1% agarose (Behringwerke) solution in Medium 199 containing 10% heat inactivated fetal calf serum into 35 ..."

2. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1883)
"For agarose electrophoresis, BIO-RAD has three new developments— super-purified agarose, disposable agarose gel tubes, and a new system for phenotyping ..."

3. Novel Systems for the Study of Human Disease: From Basic Research to by OECD Staff, (Paris) Organisation for Economic Co-ope, SourceOECD (Online service) (1998)
"Yeast cells containing the desired YAC are embedded in agarose blocks. ... The YAC-containing band is excised, embedded in a 4 per cent agarose gel and ..."

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