Medical Dictionary
blot
noun \ˈblät\
Medical Definition of BLOT
: a nitrocellulose sheet that contains spots of immobilized macromolecules (as of DNA, RNA, or protein) or their fragments and that is used to identify specific components of the spots by applying a suitable molecular probe (as a complementary nucleic acid or a radiolabeled antibody)—see northern blot, southern blot, western blot
—blot transitive verb
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