In current theories of polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, the idea prevails that molecular sieving relies on different accessibility of volume fractions and of cross-sectional area fractions (denoted "pores") to different-sized ions due to the effect of "geometric exclusion". This correlates with the assumption that all elements of a polyacrylamide network occupy fixed and unchangeable positio...

Background and Objectives: Making stacking gels for polyacrylamide gels in the laboratory by conventional methods is laborious and time consuming. Considering the role of temperature in polyacrylamide gels with respect to electrical resistance and viscosity, we assumed that decreasing the temperature would cause an increase in electrical resistance and viscosity.  Ultimately, a downward tempera...

Preparative polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis has been used in the final stages of purification to prepare horse serum cholinesterase which was at least 9.5% pure, as judged by analytical polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. The starting material, already purified about 109-fold by the Strelitz method, was purified an additional 89-fold by the procedure. The method involved Sephadex G-ZOO and S...

background: detecting bence-jones protein in urine is essential for determining plasma cell dyscrasia and multiple myeloma. conventionally, acid-heat precipitation assay is used for detecting bence-jones protein in most medical laboratories; however, because of the low accuracy of this test, other more sensitive tests like urine electrophoresis are recommended.  materials and methods: in this s...

Currently, there is an interest in novel drug delivery systems, diagnostic capabilities and improving separation of biomacromolecules such as DNA and proteins. One possible approach is to add charged nanoparticles to the polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis system to observe the difference in, for example, protein separation efficiency. Another approach included creating templated pores by polyme...

A procedure for high resolution electrophoresis of isozymes of the mosquito Aedes aegypti using nonlinear (2.5%-20%) polyacrylamide gradient gel slabs is described. Crude mosquito homogenates were electrophoresed on gradient and on homogeneous (7%) polyacrylamide gels and stained for esterase (EST), isocitrate dehydrogenase (IDH) and malate dehydrogenase (MDH). The resulting zymograms were comp...

A hydrogel was prepared by crosslinking aqueous solutions of sulfonated polyacrylamide/chromium triacetate for use in water shut off operations. Gel swelling and the effects of salinity, injection time and flow rate on residual resistance factor (Frr) were investigated. In the presence of electrolytes, gel swelling decreased by about 80%. Results showed that oil permeability increased as inject...