Svensk definition
En elektroforesteknik där riktningen på det elektriska fältet ändras periodiskt. Tekniken liknar andra elektroforesmetoder för separering av dubbelsträngat DNA med molekylstorlekar upp till tiotusentals baspar. Men genom att alternera riktningen på det elektriska fältet kan DNA-molekyler med flera miljoner baspar separeras.
Engelsk definition
Gel electrophoresis in which the direction of the electric field is changed periodically. This technique is similar to other electrophoretic methods normally used to separate double-stranded DNA molecules ranging in size up to tens of thousands of base-pairs. However, by alternating the electric field direction one is able to separate DNA molecules up to several million base-pairs in length.
Svenska synonymer
Elektrofores, pulsfält — PFGE — Fältinversionselektrofores
Engelska synonymer
Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field Gradient — Pulsed-Field Gradient Gel Electrophoresis — Gel Electrophoresis, Pulsed-Field — Electrophoresis, Pulsed-Field Gel — Gel Electrophoresis, Pulsed Field — Pulsed Field Gradient Gel Electrophoresis — Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis — Pulsed Field Gel Electrophoresis — Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed Field — Electrophoresis, Pulsed Field Gel — Field Inversion Gel Electrophoresis — Orthogonal-Field Alternation-Gel Electrophoresis — Alternation-Gel Electrophoresis, Orthogonal-Field — Electrophoresis, Orthogonal-Field Alternation-Gel — Orthogonal Field Alternation Gel Electrophoresis — Contour-Clamped Homogeneous-Field Gel Electrophoresis — Contour Clamped Homogeneous Field Gel Electrophoresis