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A4800

Agar

Type M, suitable for plant cell culture

Synonym(s):

Agar-agar, Gum agar

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Linear Formula:
(C12H18O9)n
CAS Number:
UNSPSC Code:
50405901
eCl@ss:
42040102
EC Number:
232-658-1
NACRES:
NA.21
MDL number:
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biological source

algae (Rhodophyceae)

type

Type M

form

powder

technique(s)

cell culture | plant: suitable

transition temp

transition temp 34-36 °C

application(s)

agriculture

storage temp.

room temp

SMILES string

O1[C@@H]([C@@H]([C@@H]([C@H](C1OC2[C@H]3OCC2OC([C@H]3O)C)O)OC)O)CO

InChI

1S/C14H24O9/c1-5-8(16)13-11(7(21-5)4-20-13)23-14-10(18)12(19-2)9(17)6(3-15)22-14/h5-18H,3-4H2,1-2H3/t5?,6-,7?,8-,9+,10-,11?,12+,13+,14?/m1/s1

InChI key

GYYDPBCUIJTIBM-DYOGSRDZSA-N

General description

Type M agar is predominantly used in plant tissue culture. It is similar to agar, a polysaccharide complex with a backbone of alternating agarose and agaropectin molecules and extracted from red algae.

Application

Type M agar has been used as a component of Murashige and Skoog (MS) medium for culturing Arabidopsis thalania seeds. It has also been used in rooting media for tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) seeds.


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Storage Class

11 - Combustible Solids

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WGK 1

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Xiaohua Wang et al.
Nature protocols, 10(12), 2054-2063 (2015-11-20)
Measuring the mobility and interactions of proteins is key to understanding cellular signaling mechanisms; however, quantitative analysis of protein dynamics in living plant cells remains a major challenge. Here we describe an automated, single-molecule protocol based on total internal reflection
Sanjaya B Ekanayake et al.
Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.), 1305, 223-240 (2015-04-26)
One of the most striking features of plant mitochondria when visualized in living tissue is their dynamism. The beauty of cytoplasmic streaming, driving, and being driven by the motility of mitochondria and other small organelles belies the complexity of the
Arnaud Dechesne et al.
Applied and environmental microbiology, 74(16), 5195-5200 (2008-07-01)
Water is arguably the most important constituent of microbial microhabitats due to its control of physical and physiological processes critical to microbial activity. In natural environments, bacteria often live on unsaturated surfaces, in thin (micrometric) liquid films. Nevertheless, no experimental



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SKUGTIN
A4800-1KG04061826752142
A4800-500G04061838352255