Principles and technical aspects of PCR amplification

Principles and Technical Aspects of PCR Amplification

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 1-325

  Van Pelt Verkuil, Elizabeth ^a   Van Belkum, Alex ^b   Hays, John P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES LEIDEN   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-6241-4     Document Type: Book

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