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The liquid portion remaining after centrifugation to “pellet out” insoluble things.

Related Articles:
  • Glossary: pellet
  • Glossary: spin down
  • Glossary: centrifuge
  • Protein expression and purification – Twitter thread with figures and links to more
  • “Expression” and ways to measure it
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