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Rehydratable Gels: A Potential Reference Standard Support for Electrophoresing PCR-Amplified DNA

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Allen, R., Graves, G. Rehydratable Gels: A Potential Reference Standard Support for Electrophoresing PCR-Amplified DNA. Nat Biotechnol 8, 1288–1290 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt1290-1288

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