Biology A-Level
Electrophoretic separation by charge and size
What Electrophoretic separation by charge and size means in Biology A-Level, as defined for OCR.
Definition of Electrophoretic separation by charge and size
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Charged molecules such as amino acids or proteins migrate through a gel under an applied voltage, the direction depending on charge and the rate on charge and size.
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