gel electrophoresis
noun
: electrophoresis in which molecules (such as proteins and nucleic acids) migrate through a gel and especially a polyacrylamide gel and separate into bands according to size
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The techniques are then used to run an experiment using polymerase chain reaction (PCR) to amplify DNA from antibiotic-resistant bacteria, that can then be further examined using gel electrophoresis.
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Kendra MacK, Anchorage Daily News, 4 Aug. 2023
Investigators used pulsed-field gel electrophoresis to find 11 illnesses with a similar genetic pattern, but whole genome sequencing definitively linked 10 and caused one to be tossed out as unrelated.
—Mike Stobbe, chicagotribune.com, 30 Apr. 2018
That venom product could then be separated into individual components and identified using gel electrophoresis, liquid chromatography, and mass spectrometry.
—Christie Wilcox, Discover Magazine, 2 June 2015
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Kendra MacK, Anchorage Daily News, 4 Aug. 2023
Investigators used pulsed-field gel electrophoresis to find 11 illnesses with a similar genetic pattern, but whole genome sequencing definitively linked 10 and caused one to be tossed out as unrelated.
—Mike Stobbe, chicagotribune.com, 30 Apr. 2018
That venom product could then be separated into individual components and identified using gel electrophoresis, liquid chromatography, and mass spectrometry.
—Christie Wilcox, Discover Magazine, 2 June 2015
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“Gel electrophoresis.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gel%20electrophoresis. Accessed 26 Oct. 2025.
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