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Concept information

Preferred term

pulsed-field gel electrophoresis

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  • Topic

Definition

  • Information Gel electrophoresis in which the direction of the electric field is changed periodically. This technique is similar to other electrophoretic methods normally used to separate double-stranded DNA molecules ranging in size up to tens of thousands of base-pairs. However, by alternating the electric field direction one is able to separate DNA molecules up to several million base-pairs in length.

Broader concept

Synonyms

  • PFGE (pulsed-field gel electrophoresis)
  • pulsed field electrophoresis
  • pulsed-field electrophoresis
  • pulsed field gel electrophoresis
  • pulsed field gradient gel electrophoresis
  • pulsed-field gradient gel electrophoresis

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https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/42492

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