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Blotting Technology's Permanence Is Assured As Its Applications In The Laboratory Flourish

Advanced Biotechnologies Inc. Columbia, MD Advanced Genetic Technologies Corp San Diego, CA Ahlstrom Filtration Inc. Mount Holly Springs, PA American Bioanalytical Inc. Natick, MA Boehringer Mannheim Corp. Indianapolis, IN P.J. Cobert Associates St. Louis, MO Crescent Chemical Inc. Hauppauge, NY DuPont NEN Boston, MA Fluka Chemical Corp. Ronkonkoma, NY Gallard-Schlesinger Industries Inc. Carle Place, NY Hoefer Scientific

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Advanced Biotechnologies Inc. Columbia, MD Advanced Genetic Technologies Corp San Diego, CA Ahlstrom Filtration Inc. Mount Holly Springs, PA American Bioanalytical Inc. Natick, MA Boehringer Mannheim Corp. Indianapolis, IN P.J. Cobert Associates St. Louis, MO Crescent Chemical Inc. Hauppauge, NY DuPont NEN Boston, MA Fluka Chemical Corp. Ronkonkoma, NY Gallard-Schlesinger Industries Inc. Carle Place, NY Hoefer Scientific San Francisco, CA ICN Biomedicals Costa Mesa, CA Innotech Biosystems International Lansing, MI Intermountain Scientific Corp. Kaysville, UT Life Technologies Inc. Gaithersburg, MD Micron Separations Inc. Westboro, MA Midwest Scientific St. Louis, MO Millipore Bedford, MA Novex San Diego, CA Oncor Inc. Gaithersburg, MD Pierce Chemical Co. Rockford, IL Sartorius Corp. Bohemia, NY Schleicher & Schuell Inc. Keene, NH Thomas Scientific Swedesboro, NJ VWR Scientific West Chester, PA Whatman Lab Sales Inc. Hillsboro, OR In Southern blotting, DNA fragments separated by gel electrophoresis are transferred to a support membrane made of nitrocellulose, nylon, ...

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