THE SUBSTRUCTURE OF AGAROSE GELS AS PREPARED FOR ELECTROPHORESIS

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WHYTOCK, S
FINCH, J
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[1] MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, CB2 2QH, Hills Road
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10.1002/bip.360310902
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Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
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071010 ; 081704 ;
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Gelled agarose was observed by freeze-fracture and electron microscopy. Aggregated double helices of agarose form a fibrous network that showed conformational variations over a range of agarose concentrations (0.3-2%). Diameters of fibers tend to increase with rising concentrations and the appearance of protuberances or cul-de-sacs in the network increases with falling concentration.
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