Quantitative PCR: An Introduction

Molecular Diagnostics

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 3-14

  Fairfax, Marilynn R ^a   Salimnia, Hossein ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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EID: 84856154889     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-369428-7.00001-X     Document Type: Chapter

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