Liquid-Handling Robotic Workstations for Functional Genomics

Journal of Laboratory Automation

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 262-267

  Lorenz, Matthias G O ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

automation; functional; genomics; robotics; robots; workstation

Indexed keywords

NUCLEIC ACID;

ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; COMPUTER; COMPUTER PROGRAM; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GEL; GENE PROBE; GENE REPLICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOMICS; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; INVESTMENT; LABORATORY; LEARNING; LIQUID; MATERIALS HANDLING; MOLECULAR CLONING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PURIFICATION; ROBOTICS;

EID: 4344611426     PISSN: 22110682     EISSN: 15402452     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jala.2004.03.010     Document Type: Article

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