3PD: Rapid design of optimal primers for chromosome conformation capture assays

BMC Genomics

Volumn 10, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Fröhler, Sebastian ^a   Dieterich, Christoph ^a  

^a MAX DELBRÜCK CENTER FOR MOLECULAR MEDICINE   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMPLICON; ARTICLE; BIOINFORMATICS; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CHROMOSOME CONFORMATION CAPTURE ASSAY; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE INTERACTION; GENOME ANALYSIS; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NONHUMAN; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOLOGY; CHEMISTRY; CHROMOSOME; GENETICS; METHODOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

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CHROMOSOMES; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOFTWARE;

EID: 75449083235     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-10-635     Document Type: Article

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