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Southern blot assay

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An analyte assay that detects the presence of a specific sequence in a DNA sample, which has been digested by restriction enzymes, resolved by gel electrophoresis, and blotted to a solid support, followed by hybridization of a probe raised against a specific sequence and detected with fluorescence or radioactivity.

Term info

Label

Southern blot assay

alternative term

Southern blot

editor preferred term

Southern blot assay

example of usage

PMID: 9452032. Germline mutations detected in the von Hippel-Lindau disease tumor suppressor gene by Southern blot and direct genomic DNA sequencing.

has curation status

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/IAO_0000120

term editor

Marcus Chibucos, Philippe Rocca-Serra