Polymerization of the Gel
This diagram shows how pores in a polyacrylamide gel are formed by a chemical reaction between acrylamide monomers and crosslinking bis-acrylamide. You can learn more about polymerization in the interactive scrollable about How to Pour a Polyacrylamide Gel.
Topics
- PAGE
- SDS-PAGE
- concentration
- polyacrylamide
- gel
- protein
- denature
- bands
- kDa
- protein ladder
- polymerization
- acrylamide
- monomers
- bis-acrylamide
- cross-linker
- pore
- pore size
- stacking gel
- resolving gel
- wells
- smaller protein
- larger protein
- resolving
- stacking
- small protein
- large protein
- charge
- electrical charge
- electrical
- separation of proteins
- lower molecular weight
- higher molecular weight
- polyacrylamide gel
- small pore
- large pore
- cross-linking