ultracentrifuge has definitions from the field of physics
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[ noun ] (physics) a high speed centrifuge used to determine the relative molecular masses of large molecules in high polymers and proteins

Used in print

(M. Yokoyama et al., "Chemical and serological...)

They were then centrifuged at 59780 rpm for 35 to 80 min at 20 ` C in a Spinco model E ultracentrifuge at a protein concentration of 1.00 to 1.25 % .

Ultracentrifugation was then carried_out in a Spinco model L ultracentrifuge at 40000 rpm for 125 to 150 min , refrigeration being used throughout the run .

(Jacob Robbins et al., "The thyroid-stimulating...)

There is some reason to think that thyroglobulin synthesis may proceed independently of iodination , for in certain transplantable tumours of the rat thyroid containing essentially no iodinated thyroglobulin , a protein that appears to be thyroglobulin has been observed in ultracentrifuge experiments ( Wolff , Robbins and Rall , 1959 ) .

Related terms

centrifuge

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[ verb ] subject to the action of an ultracentrigue
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