isoelectric focusing
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focusing
[fo´kus-ing]the act of converging at a point.
isoelectric focusing electrophoresis in which the protein mixture is subjected to an electric field in a gel medium in which a pH gradient has been established; each protein then migrates until it reaches the site at which the pH is equal to its isoelectric point.
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i·so·e·lec·tric fo·cus·ing
electrophoresis of small molecules or macromolecules in a pH gradient.
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isoelectric focusing
the separation of molecules by differences in their charge, each molecule migrating to the point in a PH gradient where it has no net charge.Collins Dictionary of Biology, 3rd ed. © W. G. Hale, V. A. Saunders, J. P. Margham 2005