| Southern blot analysis n. A technique for identifying specific sequences of DNA in which DNA fragments are separated by electrophoresis, transferred to nitrocellulose, and identified with a suitable probe. [After Edwin Mallor Southern (born 1938), British biochemist.] |
Southern blot analysis South·ern blot analysis (sŭ&phonth;'ərn)
n.
An electrophoretic procedure used to separate and identify DNA sequences.