Object Details
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Genentech, Inc.
Description (Brief)
This plastic chamber was part of a set-up for a vertical gel electrophoresis chamber used in the lab at Genentech, a biotechnology company, in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Gel electrophoresis is a technique that uses the electrical charges of molecules to separate them by their length. It is often used to analyze DNA fragments.
Location
Currently not on view
Credit Line
Gift of Genentech
ID Number
2012.0198.05
accession number
2012.0198
catalog number
2012.0198.05
Object Name
electrophoresis chamber
Physical Description
metal (overal material)
plastic (overall material)
Measurements
overall: 3 1/8 in x 9 1/4 in x 5 9/16 in; 7.9375 cm x 23.495 cm x 14.12875 cm
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United States: California, South San Francisco
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Medicine and Science: Biological Sciences
Biotechnology and Genetics
Science & Mathematics
Data Source
National Museum of American History
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmah_1427250