Gel Electrophoresis & Separation by Size/Charge

How an electric field sorts molecules through a gel matrix by size and charge.

References

• Shapiro, A.L., Viñuela, E., Maizel, J.V. "Molecular Weight Estimation of Polypeptide Chains by Electrophoresis in SDS-Polyacrylamide Gels." Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications 28, no. 5 (1967): 815–820.