A field-capable rapid plant DNA extraction protocol using microneedle patches for botanical surveying and monitoring

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A field-capable rapid plant DNA extraction protocol using microneedle patches for botanical surveying and monitoring

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Multi-well plate lid for single-step pooling of 96 samples for high-throughput barcode-based sequencing

Comparison of Three Viral Nucleic Acid Preamplification Pipelines for Sewage Viral Metagenomics

Molecular mechanism of plasmid elimination by the DdmDE defense system

Development of multiplexed single-molecule imaging techniques to study chromatin invasion dynamics of chromatin effector proteins

Achieving high hybridization density at DNA biosensor surfaces using branched spacer and click chemistry

Spatially multiplexed single-molecule translocations through a nanopore at controlled speeds

cgNA+: A sequence-dependent coarse-grain model of double-stranded nucleic acids

C2CAplus: A One-Pot Isothermal Circle-to-Circle DNA Amplification System

Regulation and impact of TERRA R-loops at human telomeres

Live Birth of a Healthy Child in a Couple with Identical mtDNA Carrying a Pathogenic c.471_477delTTTAAAAinsG Variant in the MOCS2 Gene

Telomere protection against oxidative stress

Electronic readout of DNA amplification in nanoliter chambers. Strategies towards highly parallel semiconductor-based nucleic acid amplification testing

Landscapes of DNA Mechanics and Genomes

DNA modifications impact natural transformation of Acinetobacter baumannii

Analysis of the influence of errors in DNA-based image coding

Polydimethylsiloxane microstructure-induced acoustic streaming for enhanced ultrasonic DNA fragmentation on a microfluidic chip

Bubble-enhanced ultrasonic microfluidic chip for rapid DNA fragmentation

Exploring the mechanisms governing nuclear cGAS localization and activity

The enhancement of DNA fragmentation in a bench top ultrasonic water bath with needle-induced air bubbles: Simulation and experimental investigation