Separation techniques

Current Opinion in Chemical Biology

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 592-596

  Duke, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIAL; DNA; MACROGOL DERIVATIVE; POLYMER; POLYPROPYLENE GLYCOL; PROPANEDIOL DERIVATIVE; SILICON;

CAPILLARY ELECTROPHORESIS; CHEMISTRY; DNA SEQUENCE; ELECTRONICS; GEL CHROMATOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; REVIEW;

BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GEL; DNA; ELECTROPHORESIS, CAPILLARY; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; MINIATURIZATION; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; POLYMERS; PROPYLENE GLYCOLS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SILICON;

EID: 0032174993     PISSN: 13675931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1367-5931(98)80088-4     Document Type: Article

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