Epigenome Ontology

Last uploaded: July 3, 2016
Preferred Name

gel tank
Synonyms

electrophoresis unit

electrophoresis box

Definitions

a device which holds a gel and running buffers to allow electrophoresis to be performed. A gel tank has the function to contain and to control the contained environment and transfer energy from an energy supply through the running buffers to the gel matrix and the material with charged molecules in an electric field across a porous matrix or medium with the objective to separate the charged molecules.

ID

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/OBI_0400140

alternative term

electrophoresis unit

electrophoresis box

bearer of

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/OBI_0000370

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/OBI_0000401

definition

a device which holds a gel and running buffers to allow electrophoresis to be performed. A gel tank has the function to contain and to control the contained environment and transfer energy from an energy supply through the running buffers to the gel matrix and the material with charged molecules in an electric field across a porous matrix or medium with the objective to separate the charged molecules.

definition source

sep:00095

editor preferred term

gel tank

example of usage

CHEF gel box, slab gel box, capillary electrophoresis

has curation status

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/IAO_0000123

has function

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/OBI_0000370

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/OBI_0000401

label

gel tank

prefixIRI

OBI:0400140

prefLabel

gel tank

term editor

Person:Kevin Clancy

Person:Frank Gibson

subClassOf

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/OBI_0000967

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/OBI_0001034

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