WO2007024798A3 - Apparatus, system, and method using immiscible-fluid-discrete-volumes - Google Patents

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WO2007024798A3
WO2007024798A3 PCT/US2006/032637 US2006032637W WO2007024798A3 WO 2007024798 A3 WO2007024798 A3 WO 2007024798A3 US 2006032637 W US2006032637 W US 2006032637W WO 2007024798 A3 WO2007024798 A3 WO 2007024798A3
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Linda G Lee
Sam L Woo
Congcong Ma
Richard T Reel
Mark F Oldham
David M Cox
Benjamin G Schroeder
Jon M Sorenson
Willy Wiyatno
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Applera Corp
Linda G Lee
Sam L Woo
Congcong Ma
Richard T Reel
Mark F Oldham
David M Cox
Benjamin G Schroeder
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Abstract

Various embodiments of the teachings relate to a system or method for sample preparation or analysis in biochemical or molecular biology procedures. The sample preparation can involve small volume processed in discrete portions or segments or slugs, herein referred to as discrete volumes. A molecular biology procedure can be nucleic acid analysis. Nucleic acid analysis can be an integrated DNA amplification/DNA sequencing procedure.
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