Definition of Agarose
1. a sugar obtained from agar [n -S]
Medical Definition of Agarose
1.
This linear galactan is created by purifying agar, when it is heated and cooled, it forms a gel that is used as a support for many types of electrophoresis and immunodiffusion (agarbiose). A typical gel is about 1% agarose.
Agarose is more porous than acrylamide and is sold in different grades, the lower its sulphate content, the more highly purified it is.
(06 May 1997)
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