ACAPELLA-5K, A High-Throughput Automated Genome and Chemical Analysis System

IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems

Volumn 3, Issue , 2003, Pages 2321-2328

  Meldrum, Deirdre R ^a   Fisher, Charles H ^a   Moore, Matthew P ^a   Saini, Mohan ^a   Holl, Mark R ^a   Pence, William H ^b   Moody, Stephen E ^b   Cunningham, David L ^b   Wiktor, Peter J ^c  

^a University of Washington   (United States)

^b Orca Photonic Systems Inc   (United States)

^c Engineering Arts   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; COMPUTER CONTROL; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DNA SEQUENCES; ELECTROPHORESIS; ENZYMES; GENES; PIEZOELECTRIC MATERIALS; PURIFICATION; THERMOANALYSIS; XML;

DISEASE QUANTIFICATION; FORENSICS; MAGNETIC BEAD PURIFICATION (MBP); POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION (PCR);

CAPILLARY FLOW;

EID: 0348252374     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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