"Agar" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A complex sulfated polymer of galactose units, extracted from Gelidium cartilagineum, Gracilaria confervoides, and related red algae. It is used as a gel in the preparation of solid culture media for microorganisms, as a bulk laxative, in making emulsions, and as a supporting medium for immunodiffusion and immunoelectrophoresis.
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D000362
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D09.698.360.041
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| 2001 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2023 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Agar" by people in Profiles.
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Fern?ndez-Rodr?guez D, Cho J, Parvizi N, Khan AZ, Parvizi J, Namdari S. Next-generation Sequencing Results Require Higher Inoculum for Cutibacterium acnes Detection Than Conventional Anaerobic Culture. Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2023 12 01; 481(12):2484-2491.
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Shakoor S, Ahsan T, Jabeen K, Raza M, Hasan R. Use of p-nitrobenzoic acid in 7H10 agar for identification of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex: a field study. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2010 Dec; 14(12):1644-6.
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Patel JH, McMahon SB. Targeting of Miz-1 is essential for Myc-mediated apoptosis. J Biol Chem. 2006 Feb 10; 281(6):3283-9.
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Manni A, Fischer S, Franks M, Washington S, De Arment R, Griffith J, Demers L, Verderame M, Leiby B, Mauger D. S-adenosylmethionine decarboxylase overexpression reduces invasiveness and tumorigenicity in nude mice of MCF-7 breast cancer cells. Int J Oncol. 2001 Aug; 19(2):317-23.
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Cole SP, Campling BG, Dexter DF, Holden JJ, Roder JC. Establishment of a human large cell lung tumor line (QU-DB) with metastatic properties in athymic mice. Cancer. 1986 Aug 15; 58(4):917-23.
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Morris GK, Koehler JA, Gangarosa EJ, Sharrar RG. Comparison of media for direct isolation and transport of Shigellae from Fecal specimens. Appl Microbiol. 1970 Mar; 19(3):434-7.