Solid phase DNA amplification: A simple Monte Carlo Lattice model

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 2075-2086

  Mercier, Jean Francois ^a   Slater, Gary W ^a   Mayer, Pascal ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b Manteia Predictive Medicine SA Zone Industrielle   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA; PRIMER DNA;

ARTICLE; BIOPHYSICS; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA MICROARRAY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE TARGETING; MONTE CARLO METHOD; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROGENY; SOLID PHASE DNA AMPLIFICATION; STANDARD; THEORY;

EID: 0141450270     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(03)74636-0     Document Type: Article

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