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Dictionary » S » Smear Smearsmear 1. To overspread with anything unctuous, viscous, or adhesive; to daub; as, to smear anything with oil. Smear the sleepy grooms with blood. 2. To soil in any way; to contaminate; to pollute; to stain morally; as, to be smeared with infamy. Origin: OE. Smeren, smerien, AS. Smierwan, smyrwan, fr. Smeoru fat, grease; akin to D. Smeren, OHG. Smirwen, G. Schmieren, Icel. Smyrja to anoint. See Smear.
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Results from our forumRe: I am not completely sure about lanes 1 and 2, but 100% sure about 3 and 6. Lane 2 (smear starting in the middle of the gel ending with strong band of low molecular weight)= 1. In this lane the DNA has been almost completely digested because the nucleosome had been ...
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Chromatin experimentI am not completely sure about lanes 1 and 2, but 100% sure about 3 and 6. Lane 2 (smear starting in the middle of the gel ending with strong band of low molecular weight)= 1. In this lane the DNA has been almost completely digested because the nucleosome had been ...
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Re: extra unknown band after restriction digestion?And yesterday I loaded little amount and looked the gel,did not see any smear but today a loaded whole restriction reaction to gel and checked it and realised have a upward smear. Also have the extra band. Downward smear means degredation but what does upwaard ...
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extra unknown band after restriction digestion?If you'd digested E.coli gDNA, you would probably get more than one band. Are you sure there was no background smear?
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