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southern blot

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.03 in modern English

Syllables
south-ern blot
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
2
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A sheet to which DNA has been transferred from electrophoresis gel, used for detection of a specific DNA sequence in DNA samples.

verb

To use a Southern blot on (some DNA).

Transitive verb

Etymology

From Edwin Mallor Southern, British biochemist + blot.

Usage

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Biology.

Inflected Forms

Southern blots (plural) Southern blots (present, singular) Southern blotting (participle, present) Southern blotted (participle, past) Southern blotted (past)

Phrases

Southern blot analysis

Questions

What does southern blot mean?
A sheet to which DNA has been transferred from electrophoresis gel, used for detection of a specific DNA sequence in DNA samples.
Where does southern blot come from?
From Edwin Mallor Southern, British biochemist + blot.

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