High-Resolution Melting Curve Analysis for Molecular Diagnostics

Molecular Diagnostics: Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 229-245

  Farrar, Jared S ^a   Reed, Gudrun H ^a   Wittwer, Carl T ^b  

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

^b ARUP INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL PATHOLOGY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-374537-8.00015-8     Document Type: Chapter

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