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ghost band

noun

Definitions

  1. Any spurious results clustered together, outside of normal expected ranges (as in a plot…

    Any spurious results clustered together, outside of normal expected ranges (as in a plot of recorded energy values, with an inexplicable blot, marring the clean expected results).

  2. A large band or stripe that appears on a developed gel as a wide halo with no specific,…

    A large band or stripe that appears on a developed gel as a wide halo with no specific, distinguishable signal.

    • Ghost bands are a common problem in western blot analysis.

  3. Impersonators of a well-known musical band hired to perform while the real band members…

    Impersonators of a well-known musical band hired to perform while the real band members are elsewhere.

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No curated loop yet for ghost band. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA