Relating to or produced by electrophoresis, the movement of charged particles in an electric field.
From electrophorese + -ic (adjective suffix). Developed in early 20th century scientific terminology to describe the properties of the electrophoresis process.
Proteins have an electrical 'personality'—they're positively or negatively charged—and electrophoretic analysis reveals this hidden character by watching them dance in an electric field.
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