ProbeDesigner: For the design of probesets for branched DNA (bDNA) signal amplification assays

Bioinformatics

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 348-355

  Bushnell, S ^a,b   Budde, J ^a,c   Catino, T ^a   Cole, J ^a,d   Derti, A ^a,e   Kelso, R ^a,f   Collins, M L ^a,g   Molino, G ^a   Sheridan, P ^a   Monahan, J ^a,h   Urdea, M ^a  

^a Chiron Diagnostics Corporation   (United States)

^b Hoechst ARIAD Genomics Center   (United States)

^c Pencom Systems Inc   (United States)

^d Fast Gun Software Inc   (United States)

^e HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^f YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g Nanogen Inc USA   (United States)

^h Millennium Predictive Medicine Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA PROBE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA ANALYSIS;

EID: 0033062617     PISSN: 13674803     EISSN: 13674811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bioinformatics/15.5.348     Document Type: Article

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