Collaborative design for automated DNA storage that allows for rapid, accurate, large-scale studies

Assay and Drug Development Technologies

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 683-689

  Mahan, Scott ^a   Ardlie, Kristin G ^a   Krenitsky, Kevin F ^a   Walsh, Gary ^b   Clough, Graham ^b  

^a Genomics Collaborative   (United States)

^b RTS Life Sciences ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; DNA FRAGMENT; DRUG; LIQUID NITROGEN; RNA;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CRYOPRESERVATION; DECISION MAKING; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA ISOLATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; LABORATORY AUTOMATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ROBOTICS; SAMPLE; SAMPLING; STORAGE TEMPERATURE;

AUTOMATION; DNA; DRUG STORAGE; GENE LIBRARY; GENOMICS; HUMANS; QUALITY CONTROL; SOLUTIONS; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

EID: 14644399305     PISSN: 1540658X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/adt.2004.2.683     Document Type: Article

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