Thermal cycler — An Eppendorf thermal cycler The thermal cycler (also known as a Thermocycler, PCR Machine or DNA Amplifier) is a laboratory apparatus used to amplify segments of DNA via the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) process.[1] The device has a thermal… … Wikipedia
Thermal cycler — Thermocycleur Le thermocycleur (aussi appelé cycleur thermique ou machine PCR) est un appareil automatisant la réaction de PCR classique ou point final . L appareil est muni d un bloc thermique ( thermal block ) avec des trous où l on peut… … Wikipédia en Français
Cycler — may refer to : Lunar cycler, a spacecraft trajectory that encounters the Earth and the Moon on a regular basis, or a spacecraft on such a trajectory Mars cycler (or Earth Mars cycler), a spacecraft trajectory that encounters Earth and Mars… … Wikipedia
Cycler — Thermocycleur Le thermocycleur (aussi appelé cycleur thermique ou machine PCR) est un appareil automatisant la réaction de PCR classique ou point final . L appareil est muni d un bloc thermique ( thermal block ) avec des trous où l on peut… … Wikipédia en Français
Polymerase chain reaction — PCR redirects here. For other uses, see PCR (disambiguation). A strip of eight PCR tubes, each containing a 100 μl reaction mixture The polymerase chain reaction (PCR) is a scientific technique in molecular biology to amplify a single or a… … Wikipedia
TaqMan — ] . The TaqMan Real time PCR measures accumulation of a product via the fluorophore during the exponential stages of the PCR, rather than at the end point as in conventional PCR. The exponential increase of the product is used to determine the… … Wikipedia
Applera — Corporation of Norwalk, Connecticut, at #874 on the 2007 Fortune 1000 list, is one of the largest international biotechnology companies based in the United States. It is the successor company to what was the Life Sciences Division of Perkin Elmer … Wikipedia
History of polymerase chain reaction — (This article assumes familiarity with the terms and components used in the PCR process.) The history of the Polymerase Chain Reaction (or PCR) has variously been described as a classic Eureka! moment [http://nobelprize.org/nobel… … Wikipedia
Applied Biosystems — Applied Biosystems, Inc. (formerly nasdaq2|ABIO) is the original name of a pioneer biotechnology company founded in 1981 in Foster City, California, in the San Francisco Bay Area. [http://marketing.appliedbiosystems.com/mk/get/25YRSEMS HERRITAGE… … Wikipedia
History of biology — For the video game, see History of Biology (video game). The frontispiece to Erasmus Darwin s evolution themed poem The Temple of Nature shows a goddess pulling back the veil from nature (in the person of Artemis). Allegory and metaphor have… … Wikipedia