2. Noun. (plural of blot) ¹
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Definition of Blots
1. blot [v] - See also: blot
Medical Definition of Blots
1. Refers to a number of similar techniques that facilitate the analysis of biological molecules. Initially, mixtures of proteins or DNA or RNA fragments are separated by electrophoresis through a polymeric gel (most commonly agarose or polyacrylamide). The separated components are then transferred to a membrane where they are immobilised and can be analysed and visualised by a variety of techniques, including antibody binding and DNA hyrbridisation. Some of the various types of blots are briefly described below. Southern blot - The gel is a DNA electrophoresis system and the molecules transferred are DNA molecules. Northern blot - Similar to the Southern blot, but used to analyse RNA. Western blot - The molecules analysed in a Western blot are proteins, separated by gel electrophoresis, then identified by reacting them with an antibody. Southwestern blot - This is a variant of the Southern blot used to find protein molecules that stick to DNA molecules. Dot blot. DNA, RNA, or protein are dotted directly onto the membrane support, so that they form discrete spots. (14 Nov 1997)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Blots
Literary usage of Blots
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Manual of Mental and Physical Tests by Guy Montrose Whipple (1915)
"TEST 45 Ink-blots.—In their discussion of a proposed series of tests for the
examination of individual differences in mental traits, ..."
2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"It ii possible with doublets to take up four blots at once, but this could scarcely
happen in a game between players of any proficiency. ..."
3. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1888)
"A dash provided with bearings having blots or openings, substantially as and for
the purpose specified. So much of the specification of reissue No. ..."
4. The Quarterly Review by William Gifford, John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, John Murray, Rowland Edmund Prothero Ernle, George Walter Prothero (1902)
"Piles of silken cushions, with their raw Chinese hues, lay on the sofa and on
the white carpet which they seemed to tinge like great blots of spilt colour. ..."
5. The Works of George Fox by George Fox (1831)
"where he had put off the body of sin-, and contrary to Christ, who saves and
cleanses from all sin by his blood, and blots out all sin. ..."
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