Fundamentals of sequencing of difficult templates-An overview

Journal of Biomolecular Techniques

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 207-217

  Kieleczawa, Jan ^a  

^a PFIZER INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Difficult templates; DNA sequencing; Heat denaturation

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA TEMPLATE; GENETICS; HEAT; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE;

BASE SEQUENCE; DNA; HEAT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TEMPLATES, GENETIC;

EID: 33947395029     PISSN: 15240215     EISSN: 19434731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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