Western blot analysis
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English[edit]
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Etymology[edit]
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.
Noun[edit]
Western blot analysis (countable and uncountable, plural Western blot analyses)
- (molecular biology) A laboratory technique, akin to Southern blot analysis, used to identify antibodies and other proteins.