Laboratory Procedure
electrofocusing
Subclass of:
Electrophoresis
Definitions related to isoelectric focusing:
  • (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 Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
  • 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 Thesaurus
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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