Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A water-soluble white solid polyamide, (–CH2CHCONH2–), related to acrylic acid.
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- noun organic chemistry Any of a range of
cross-linked polymers ofacrylamide ; used to form softgels for makingcontact lenses etc.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Dr. Shrestha is also involved in research related to nitrogen recycling, non-point source pollution such as nitrate leaching to groundwater and suspended sediment from surface water using polyacrylamide, integrated plant nutrient management, and manure and compost management.
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His paper in the Journal of Molecular Biology describing how he made it is probably the most cited paper in biology, after one by a man called Laemmli, who discovered SDS-PAGE (sodium dodecyl sulphate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis).
Musings on scientific celebrity Maxine 2007
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His paper in the Journal of Molecular Biology describing how he made it is probably the most cited paper in biology, after one by a man called Laemmli, who discovered SDS-PAGE (sodium dodecyl sulphate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis).
June 2007 Maxine 2007
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His paper in the Journal of Molecular Biology describing how he made it is probably the most cited paper in biology, after one by a man called Laemmli, who discovered SDS-PAGE (sodium dodecyl sulphate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis).
Musings on scientific celebrity Maxine 2007
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It is very surprising that nobody had spotted this before; it could have been done any time after the invention of the slab SDS polyacrylamide gel in about
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Only three chemicals - a polyacrylamide lubricant that is commonly found in cosmetics - hydrochloric acid and a biocide used to purify drinking water will be used here, he pledges, unlike the hundreds that can be used in the US.
The Guardian World News Robert Booth 2012
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Tests later proved that a coal company was releasing polyacrylamide - a cancer-causing agent used to prepare coal for burning - into the creek.
NYT > Home Page By SILAS HOUSE 2011
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CBB, Coomassie brilliant blue R-250; DTT, dithiothreitol; 1D-PAGE, one-dimensional polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis; 2D-PAGE, two-dimensional polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis; ECM, extracellular matrix; GlcNAc,
Naturejobs - All Jobs Noriko Takahashi 2010
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Two-dimensional polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis patterns of proteins from skin treated with p-DDAP were distinct from those treated with RA.
Naturejobs - All Jobs Noriko Takahashi 2010
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Protein purity was checked by SDS-PAGE (30 ng of each purified protein loaded on 10% polyacrylamide gels) and Western blot.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Jean-Baptiste Rioux et al. 2010
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