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noun
A laboratory technique, akin to Southern blot analysis, used to identify antibodies and other proteins.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Qualifier: molecular biology
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noun
Alternative form of Western blot analysis.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
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History
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.
