MALDI-MS of Nucleic Acids and Practical Implementations in Genomics and Genetics

MALDI MS: A Practical Guide to Instrumentation, Methods and Applications

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 131-179

  Van Den Boom, Dirk ^a   Berkenkamp, Stefan ^b  

^a SEQUENOM INC   (United States)

^b Sequenom GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Applications in genotyping; Comparative sequence analysis; Genetic markers; Implementations in genomics; MALDI mass spectrometry; Nucleic acids analysis; Quantitation of nucleic acids

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876148868     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9783527610464.ch5     Document Type: Chapter

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