Definition of "destaining" []

• Present participle of destain. (verb)
• The removal of a stain from a biological sample (noun)

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• "Bands representing HaCaT cellular proteins specifically interacting with GST-HPV-16 E7 were excised from the gel, incubated for 20 min in the dark with destaining solutions provided in the SilverQuest"
• "To visualize protease bands, gels were then stained with SimplyBlue SafeStain (Invitrogen, Carlsbad, CA) at RT for 2 hrs before destaining overnight with water."
• "The team used PTMap with HPLC / MS / MS to identify modifications occurring in the proteins bovine serum albumin and histone H4 during storage, gel staining and destaining, and other types of protein preparations."