ELECTROPHORESIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does electrophoresis mean? 

• ELECTROPHORESIS (noun)
  The noun ELECTROPHORESIS has 1 sense:

1. the motion of charged particles in a colloid under the influence of an electric field; particles with a positive charge go to the cathode and negative to the anode

  Familiarity information: ELECTROPHORESIS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ELECTROPHORESIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The motion of charged particles in a colloid under the influence of an electric field; particles with a positive charge go to the cathode and negative to the anode

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Synonyms:

cataphoresis; dielectrolysis; electrophoresis; ionophoresis

Hypernyms ("electrophoresis" is a kind of...):

action; activity; natural action; natural process (a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "electrophoresis"):

immunoelectrophoresis (electrophoresis to separate antigens and antibodies)

carrier electrophoresis; paper electrophoresis (electrophoresis carried out on filter paper)

Derivation:

electrophoretic (of or relating to electrophoresis)

 Context examples 

A type of gel electrophoresis in which charged molecules travel through a pH gradient.

(Isoelectric Focusing, NCI Thesaurus)

There are many different types of electrophoresis.

(Electrophoresis, NCI Dictionary)

Electrophoresis in which a pH gradient is established in a gel medium and proteins migrate until they reach the site (or focus) at which the pH is equal to their isoelectric point.

(Isoelectric Focusing, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

Refers to variants of the same protein which can be separated on special conducting media using electrophoresis.

(Isoform, NCI Thesaurus)

The term "isoenzyme" or "isozyme" refers to variants of the same enzyme which can be separated on special conducting media using electrophoresis.

(Isozyme, NCI Thesaurus)

Gel electrophoresis is a method of separating large molecules (such as DNA fragments or proteins) from a mixture of similar molecules by electrophoretic filtration through a gelatinous matrix.

(Gel Electrophoresis, NCI Thesaurus)

A type of electrophoresis that uses a matrix of highly purified agar to separate large molecules.

(Agarose Gel Electrophoresis, NCI Thesaurus)

A form of gel electrophoresis where up to three different protein samples can be labeled with fluorescent dyes prior to two-dimensional electrophoresis in the same gel.

(Differential In-Gel Electrophoresis, NCI Thesaurus)

In molecular biology, the bromide salt of ethidium is used to detect and visualize DNA after electrophoresis or in cytochemical preparations.

(Homidium Chloride, NCI Thesaurus)

An electrophoresis procedure, in which a sample is introduced into a capillary tube and the components are separated by the application of high voltage.

(Capillary Electrophoresis, NCI Thesaurus)