Laboratory Procedure
electrofocusing
Subclass of:
Electrophoresis
Definitions related to isoelectric focusing:
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(electrofocusing) Electrophoresis in which a pH gradient is established in a gel medium and proteins migrate until they reach the site (or focus) at which the pH is equal to their isoelectric point.CRISP ThesaurusNational Institutes of Health, 2006
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A type of gel electrophoresis in which charged molecules travel through a pH gradient. The molecules will come to stop at the point where the net charge on the molecule is equal to that of the surrounding gel.NCI ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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