A dna prism for high-speed continuous fractionation of large dna molecules

Nature Biotechnology

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1048-1051

  Huang, Lotien Richard ^a,b   Tegenfeld, Jonas O ^a   Kraeft, Jessica J ^a   Sturm, James C ^a,b   Austin, Robert H ^a   Cox, Edward C ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Princeton University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTROPHORESIS; FRACTIONATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PRISMS;

MICROFLUIDIC CHANNELS;

DNA;

DNA FRAGMENT;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL GENOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; ELECTRIC FIELD; FLOW; FRACTIONATION; LIGHT; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRISM;

CHEMICAL FRACTIONATION; CHROMOSOMES, ARTIFICIAL, BACTERIAL; CHROMOSOMES, ARTIFICIAL, P1 BACTERIOPHAGE; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ELECTROPHORESIS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0036788449     PISSN: 10870156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nbt733     Document Type: Article

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