Microfluidic separation of DNA

Current Opinion in Biotechnology

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 497-504

  Ashton, Randolph ^a   Padala, Chakradhar ^a   Kane, Ravi S ^a  

^a Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT;

CAPILLARY ELECTROPHORESIS; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA SEPARATION; ENTROPY; FLOW INJECTION ANALYSIS; GENETIC PROCEDURES; ISOTACHOPHORESIS; MAGNETIC FIELD; MATERIAL COATING; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS CONTROL; REVIEW; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; SURFACE CHARGE;

EID: 0142090642     PISSN: 09581669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0958-1669(03)00113-7     Document Type: Review

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