Object Details
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Genentech, Inc.
Description (Brief)
This white plastic electrophoresis comb has 17 tines. Scientists at Genentech, a biotechnology company, made this comb themselves in the late 1970s by cutting it out of a sheet of plastic.
Electrophoresis combs are used to create the wells in gels for electrophoresis, a technique that uses the electrical charges of molecules to separate them by their length. It is often used to analyze DNA fragments. When a gel is poured, a comb is inserted. After the gel solidifies, the comb is removed, leaving wells for samples.
Location
Currently not on view
Credit Line
Gift of Genentech
ID Number
2012.0198.16
accession number
2012.0198
catalog number
2012.0198.16
Object Name
comb, electrophoresis
Physical Description
plastic (overall material)
Measurements
overall: 1 1/4 in x 5 7/16 in; 3.175 cm x 13.81125 cm
used
United States: California, South San Francisco
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Medicine and Science: Biological Sciences
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Science & Mathematics
Data Source
National Museum of American History
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmah_1427270