File:Motion_by_electrophoresis_of_a_charged_particle.svg · Wikimedia Commons · See Wikimedia Commons
electrophoresis
Sign in to savethumb|300px|1. Illustration of electrophoresis thumb|300px|2. Illustration of electrophoresis retardation
Electrophoresis is a laboratory technique that uses an electric field to separate molecules (like DNA or proteins) based on their size and electrical charge as they move through a gel or liquid medium. It matters because it allows scientists to identify, analyze, and study these molecules, making it essential for tasks like DNA fingerprinting, disease diagnosis, and understanding how biological molecules work.
AI-generated from the Wikipedia summary — may contain errors.
Research
635,379 papers- [Electrophoresis].Concours medical · 1959GREMY F
- [Electrophoresis].Journal de medecine de Lyon · 1955ENSELME MJ
- [Electrophoresis].Journal de medecine de Bordeaux et du Sud-Ouest · 1955BLANQUET P
- [Electrophoresis. II].Concours medical · 1959GREMY F
- [Immuno-electrophoresis].La semaine des hopitaux : organe fonde par l'Association d'enseignement medical des hopitaux de Paris · 1956SCHEIDEGGER JJ
- Comparison of properties of agarose for electrophoresis of DNA.ReviewJournal of chromatography · 1993Upcroft P, Upcroft JADOI: 10.1016/0378-4347(93)80028-3
- Ultrarapid Sodium Dodecyl Sulfate Polyacrylamide Mini-Gel Electrophoresis.Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) · 2019Thomas R, Kurien BTDOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-8793-1_42
- Diagonal gel electrophoresis.Current protocols in immunology · 2001Samelson LEDOI: 10.1002/0471142735.im0806s02
via PubMed
~7 min read
Encyclopedic overview
6 sectionsContents
- History
- Theory
- See also
- References
- Further reading
- External links
thumb|300px|1. Illustration of electrophoresis thumb|300px|2. Illustration of electrophoresis retardation
Electrophoresis is the motion of charged dispersed particles or dissolved charged molecules relative to a fluid under the influence of a spatially uniform electric field. As a rule, these zwitterionic particles and molecules have either a positive or negative net charge, which is often characterized with zeta potential.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “electrophoresis” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.