 Agar
"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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D09.698.360.041
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Agar" by people in Harvard Catalyst Profiles by year, and whether "Agar" was a major or minor topic of these publication.
Below are the most recent publications written about "Agar" by people in Profiles.
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Vinogradov E, Soesbe TC, Balschi JA, Sherry AD, Lenkinski RE. pCEST: Positive contrast using Chemical Exchange Saturation Transfer. J Magn Reson. 2012 Feb; 215:64-73.
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Adler A, Navon-Venezia S, Moran-Gilad J, Marcos E, Schwartz D, Carmeli Y. Laboratory and clinical evaluation of screening agar plates for detection of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae from surveillance rectal swabs. J Clin Microbiol. 2011 Jun; 49(6):2239-42.
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Chait R, Shrestha S, Shah AK, Michel JB, Kishony R. A differential drug screen for compounds that select against antibiotic resistance. PLoS One. 2010; 5(12):e15179.
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Lasocki S, Skurnik D, Muller-Serieys C, Bronchard R, Marcel C, Marmuse JP, Montravers P, Andremont A. Rapid adaptation of antibiotic therapy for community-acquired peritonitis using direct cultures on antibiotic agar plates: pilot study. Surg Infect (Larchmt). 2009 Aug; 10(4):333-8.
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O'Brien S, Healy B, Negredo C, Fanning S, Iversen C. Evaluation of a new one-step enrichment in conjunction with a chromogenic medium for the detection of Cronobacter spp. (Enterobacter sakazakii) in powdered infant formula. J Food Prot. 2009 Jul; 72(7):1472-5.
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Tani Y, Tanaka K, Yabutani T, Mishima Y, Sakuraba H, Ohshima T, Motonaka J. Development of a D-amino acids electrochemical sensor based on immobilization of thermostable D-proline dehydrogenase within agar gel membrane. Anal Chim Acta. 2008 Jul 7; 619(2):215-20.
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Zlosnik JE, Hird TJ, Fraenkel MC, Moreira LM, Henry DA, Speert DP. Differential mucoid exopolysaccharide production by members of the Burkholderia cepacia complex. J Clin Microbiol. 2008 Apr; 46(4):1470-3.
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Yoo MH, Xu XM, Carlson BA, Patterson AD, Gladyshev VN, Hatfield DL. Targeting thioredoxin reductase 1 reduction in cancer cells inhibits self-sufficient growth and DNA replication. PLoS One. 2007; 2(10):e1112.
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Sosnovik DE, Dai G, Nahrendorf M, Rosen BR, Seethamraju R. Cardiac MRI in mice at 9.4 Tesla with a transmit-receive surface coil and a cardiac-tailored intensity-correction algorithm. J Magn Reson Imaging. 2007 Aug; 26(2):279-87.
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Malapaka RR, Adebayo LO, Tripp BC. A deletion variant study of the functional role of the Salmonella flagellin hypervariable domain region in motility. J Mol Biol. 2007 Jan 26; 365(4):1102-16.
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