Biochemistry · Clinical Biochemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Electrophoresis and clinical applications

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Quick Orientation

Section

Definition

Objective
Understand the core idea
Keywords
Electrophoresis

Different Types of Electrophoresis

Objective
Separate the major categories
Keywords
moving boundary electrophoresis

Gel Electrophoresis

Objective
Learn the main facts and relationships
Keywords
agarose, polyacrylamide, sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS)

Immunoelectrophoresis

Objective
Learn the main facts and relationships
Keywords
antihuman immune serum, precipitin bands

Factors Affecting Rate of Migration

Objective
Learn the main facts and relationships
Keywords
shape, size, net charge and solvation, viscosity, magnitude of the current

Clinical Correlation

Objective
Connect the mechanism to clinical findings
Keywords
plasma proteins, lipoproteins and immunoglobulins, Immunoelectrophoresis

Definition