Rapid DNA amplification in a capillary tube by natural convection with a single isothermal heater

BioTechniques

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 52-57

  Chou, Wen Pin ^a   Chen, Ping Hei ^a   Miao Jr , Ming ^b   Kuo, Long Sheng ^a   Yeh, Shiou Hwei ^a   Chen, Pei Jer ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL PINGTUNG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

DNA amplification; Natural convection; Nucleic acids testing

Indexed keywords

AMPLICON; ARTICLE; DENATURATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TEMPERATURE; VIRUS GENOME;

EID: 84984590233     PISSN: 07366205     EISSN: 19409818     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2144/000113589     Document Type: Article

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