Definition of Isoelectric

1. Adjective. having equal electric potential, or the same number of positive and negative charges ¹

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Definition of Isoelectric

1. [adj]

Medical Definition of Isoelectric

1. Of equal electrical potential. Compare: isoelectric point. Synonym: isopotential. Isoelectric focusing, electrophoresis of small molecules or macromolecules in a pH gradient. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Isoelectric

isodont
isodonts
isodose
isodoublet
isodoublets
isodrosotherm
isodrosotherms
isodulcit
isodulcite
isodynamic
isodynamic law
isodynamogenic
isodynamous
isoelectric (current term)
isoelectric focusing
isoelectric line
isoelectric period
isoelectric point
isoelectric zone
isoelectronic
isoemissive
isoenergetic
isoenergy
isoenthalpic
isoenthalps
isoentrope
isoentropes
isoentropic

Literary usage of Isoelectric

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

1. Proteins and the Theory of Colloidal Behavior by Jacques Loeb (1922)
"Hardy and Michaelis determined the isoelectric point by observations on the ... These methods are based on the fact that at the isoelectric point the ..."

2. The Journal of General Physiology by Society of General Physiologists, Rockefeller Institute, Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research (1920)
"THE isoelectric POINTS OF THE PROTEINS IN CERTAIN VEGETABLE JUICES. BY EDWIN J. COHN,* JOSEPH GROSS, AND OMER C. JOHNSON. (From the Harriman Research ..."

3. The Physical Chemistry of the Proteins by Thorburn Brailsford Robertson (1918)
"The "isoelectric" Condition of Proteins at Certain H+ and OH' Concentrations. — If we assume that the proteins dissociate H+ and OH' ions according to the ..."

4. Contributions to Medical and Biological Research by William Osler (1919)
"On the alkaline side from the isoelectric point, where the gelatin had combined with silver, the curve for swelling runs parallel to the curve for silver ..."

5. The Harvey Lectures by Harvey Society of New York, New York Academy of Medicine (1922)
"The same is true when we add an alkali to the isoelectric gelatin. ... When we add an acid, eg, HC1, to isoelectric gelatin (or any other isoelectric ..."

6. Physical Chemistry of Vital Phenomena: For Students and Investigators in the by Jesse Francis McClendon (1917)
"1910 isoelectric point. BZ xxx 143. 1911 Optimum PH for invertase. BZ xxxv 386. ... 1910 isoelectric point of denatured albumin. BZ xxvii 38. ..."

7. Journal of the New England Water Works Association by New England Water Works Association (1921)
"Determine the quantities and kinds of chemicals to be introduced, in order to bring the water to the isoelectric point for coagulation of the aluminum. ..."

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