Glossary for NanoBiotechnology

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Western blotting:
Technique by which proteins are separated and immobilized on a paper sheet and then analyzed, usually by means of a labeled antibody.

white blood cell (leucocyte):
Nucleated blood cell lacking hemoglobin; includes lymphocytes, neutrophils, eosinophils, basophils, and monocytes.

wild-type:
Normal, nonmutant form of an organism; the form found in nature (in the wild).

Parts of the glossary are from the following book:
Copyright 1983, 1989, 1994 From "Molecular Biology of the Cell" by Bruce Alberts, Dennis Bray, Julian Lewis, Martin Raff, Keith Roberts, James D. Watson. Reproduced by permission of Routledge, Inc., part of The Taylor & Francis Group.