Uanalyze: Web-based high-resolution DNA melting analysis with comparison to thermodynamic predictions

IEEE/ACM Transactions on Computational Biology and Bioinformatics

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1805-1811

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

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

^b UTAH VALLEY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biology and genetics; High resolution melting; Melting curve analysis; Modeling and prediction; Software

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGY AND GENETICS; HIGH RESOLUTION; MELTING CURVE ANALYSIS; MODELING AND PREDICTIONS; STANDARD DEVIATION; TEMPERATURE REGIONS; THERMODYNAMIC CALCULATIONS; THERMODYNAMIC PREDICTIONS;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; FLUORESCENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TEMPERATURE;

MELTING;

CYBB PROTEIN, HUMAN; DNA; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE OXIDASE;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOLOGY; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DNA DENATURATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; INTERNET; METHODOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STATISTICAL MODEL; THERMODYNAMICS;

COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DNA; HUMANS; INTERNET; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MODELS, GENETIC; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NADPH OXIDASE; NUCLEIC ACID DENATURATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOFTWARE; THERMODYNAMICS;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84880489043     PISSN: 15455963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TCBB.2012.112     Document Type: Article

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