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agarose
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Encyclopedic overview
10 sectionsContents
- Structure
- Properties
- Low melting and gelling temperature agaroses
- Applications
- Agarose gel electrophoresis
- Protein purification
- Solid culture media
- Motility assays
- See also
- References
right|thumb|An agarose gel in a trayused for gel electrophoresis
Agarose is a polysaccharide, generally extracted from certain red algae. It is a linear polymer made up of the repeating unit of agarobiose, which is a disaccharide made up of D-galactose and 3,6-anhydro-L-galactopyranose. Agarose is one of the two principal components of agar, and is purified from agar by removing agar's other component, agaropectin.
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