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AU2002230524A1 - Apparatus and methods for conducting assays and high throughput screening - Google Patents

Apparatus and methods for conducting assays and high throughput screening

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AU2002230524A1
AU2002230524A1 AU2002230524A AU3052402A AU2002230524A1 AU 2002230524 A1 AU2002230524 A1 AU 2002230524A1 AU 2002230524 A AU2002230524 A AU 2002230524A AU 3052402 A AU3052402 A AU 3052402A AU 2002230524 A1 AU2002230524 A1 AU 2002230524A1
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Hou-Pu Chou
Stephen R. Quake
Axel Scherer
Todd A. Thorsen
Marc Alexander Unger
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