In a seminar Ethan Signer showed a slide of a blank gel that he called an
Eastern blot: you meditate, repeat the mantra, and the bands appear...
.>Subject: Re: Western & Eastern & Far Western & other blots
>Thanks to all of you for serious and less suggestions! Next week we are
>starting with the Carbohydrate or Eastern blots
Carbohydrate blots are not uncommon among glycoheads: antibody, lectin or
small-molecule-crosslinkers (e.g. NHS-digoxygenin) can be used to probe
polysacccharide or glycoprotein gels. CHO-CHO interaction might also be
possible (see the work of Valerie Vreeland)
