Signal and noise in bridging PCR

BMC Biotechnology

Volumn 2, Issue , 2002, Pages

  Liu, Shumo ^a,b   Thaler, David S ^a   Libchaber, Albert ^a,b  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEC LABORATORIES AMERICA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; TAQ POLYMERASE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA SYNTHESIS; DNA TEMPLATE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LACTOSE OPERON; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

EID: 3042613346     PISSN: 14726750     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6750-2-13     Document Type: Article

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