Plastic versus glass capillaries for rapid-cycle PCR

BioTechniques

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 487-492

  Elenitoba Johnson, Oluwole ^a   David, Derek ^b   Crews, Niel ^a   Wittwer, Carl T ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b Idaho Technology Inc   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN RECEPTOR 1; APOLIPOPROTEIN E;

ARTICLE; CAPILLARY; CAPILLARY WALL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEAT TRANSFER; HUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; TUBE;

APOLIPOPROTEINS E; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; GENOME, HUMAN; HEAT; HUMANS; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; PLASMIDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 43149085788     PISSN: 07366205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2144/000112722     Document Type: Article

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