Automatic genomics: A user-friendly program for the automatic designing and plate loading of mediumthroughput qPCR experiments

BioTechniques

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 46-50

  Callejas, Sergio ^a   Alvarez, Rebeca ^a   Dopazo, Ana ^a  

^a CENTRO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIONES CARDIOVASCULARES CNIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Automation; Experimental design; Liquid handing robot; Quantitative PCR

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUALITY CONTROL;

ALGORITHMS; GENOMICS; MICRORNAS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ROBOTICS; SOFTWARE; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 78751613168     PISSN: 07366205     EISSN: 19409818     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2144/000113574     Document Type: Article

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