English Explanatory Dictionary

Western blot analysis

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A laboratory technique, akin to Southern blot analysis, used to identify antibodies and other proteins.
noun
  1. Alternative form of Western blot analysis.

Word forms

Western blot analysis Western blot analyses

Etymology

Playful extension from Southern blot analysis, which is eponymous, named after Edwin M. Southern. When other similar techniques were developed soon afterward, they were named Western and Northern in a tongue-in-cheek fashion. The origin from the surname Southern means that all the terms are often capitalised.

Related words

Northern blot analysis
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