"Agar" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A complex sulfated polymer of galactose units, extracted from Gelidium cartilagineum, Gracilaria confervoides, and related red algae. It is used as a gel in the preparation of solid culture media for microorganisms, as a bulk laxative, in making emulsions, and as a supporting medium for immunodiffusion and immunoelectrophoresis.
| Descriptor ID |
D000362
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D09.698.360.041
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| 1997 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2000 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Agar" by people in Profiles.
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Horibata S, Vo TV, Subramanian V, Thompson PR, Coonrod SA. Utilization of the Soft Agar Colony Formation Assay to Identify Inhibitors of Tumorigenicity in Breast Cancer Cells. J Vis Exp. 2015 May 20; (99):e52727.
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van der Weele CM, Spollen WG, Sharp RE, Baskin TI. Growth of Arabidopsis thaliana seedlings under water deficit studied by control of water potential in nutrient-agar media. J Exp Bot. 2000 Sep; 51(350):1555-62.
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Daly JS, Dodge RA, Glew RH, Soja DT, DeLuca BA, Hebert S. Effect of zinc concentration in Mueller-Hinton agar on susceptibility of Pseudomonas aeruginosa to imipenem. J Clin Microbiol. 1997 Apr; 35(4):1027-9.