ghost band

noun

Any spurious results clustered together, outside of normal expected ranges (as in a plot of recorded energy values, with an inexplicable blot, marring the clean expected results).

“Ghost bands are a common problem in western blot analysis.”

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Meanings

nounghost band (plural ghost bands)

plural ghost bands

  1. sciencesAny spurious results clustered together, outside of normal expected ranges (as in a plot of recorded energy values, with an inexplicable blot, marring the clean expected results).
  2. biologyA large band or stripe that appears on a developed gel as a wide halo with no specific, distinguishable signal.

    Ghost bands are a common problem in western blot analysis.

  3. entertainmentImpersonators of a well-known musical band hired to perform while the real band members are elsewhere.
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