western blot analysis

noun

A laboratory technique, akin to Southern blot analysis, used to identify antibodies and other proteins.

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Meanings

western blot analysis1

nounwestern blot analysis (countable and uncountable, plural western blot analyses)

plural western blot analyses

  1. alternativecountableuncountableAlternative form of Western blot analysis.

Western blot analysis2

nounWestern blot analysis (countable and uncountable, plural Western blot analyses)

plural Western blot analyses · alternative western blot analysis

  1. countableuncountablemolecular biologyA laboratory technique, akin to Southern blot analysis, used to identify antibodies and other proteins.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
immunoblotting

Origin

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.

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