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Amplification of complex gene libraries by emulsion PCR

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  1. MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 2QH, UK.

    • Richard Williams
    • , Oliver J Miller
    •  & Andrew D Griffiths

  2. Department of Biological Chemistry, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel.

    • Sergio G Peisajovich
    •  & Dan S Tawfik

  3. Institut de Science et d'Ingénierie Supramoléculaires (ISIS), 8 allée Gaspard Monge, BP 70028, 67083 Strasbourg Cedex, France.

    • Oliver J Miller
    •  & Andrew D Griffiths

  4. Casali Institute of Applied Chemistry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Givat Ram, 91904, Jerusalem, Israel.

    • Shlomo Magdassi

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The Medical Research Council (MRC) and the Weizmann Institute have filed patent applications, which include some of the ideas described in this manuscript. Should these organizations receive revenues from licensing these patents, the authors may be entitled to receive payments through the organizations’ Rewards to Inventors schemes.

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