Quantitative Concept
isoelectric point
[ ahy-soh-i-lek-trik point ]
Subclass of:
Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; Isoelectric Focusing
Definitions related to isoelectric point:
  • Condition in which a substance has a neutral charge; pH level above which the substance would act as a base and below which it would act as an acid.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
  • The pH at which a molecule in solution has no net charge and does not migrate in an electric field.
    NCI Thesaurus
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • The pH in solutions of proteins and related compounds at which the dipolar ions are at a maximum.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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