uMELT: Prediction of high-resolution melting curves and dynamic melting profiles of PCR products in a rich web application

Bioinformatics

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1019-1020

  Dwight, Zachary ^a   Palais, Robert ^b   Wittwer, Carl T ^c  

^a Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DNA DENATURATION; FLUORESCENCE; INTERNET; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMICS;

ALGORITHMS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA; FLUORESCENCE; INTERNET; NUCLEIC ACID DENATURATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOFTWARE; TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 79953313021     PISSN: 13674803     EISSN: 14602059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bioinformatics/btr065     Document Type: Article

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