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Capillary array electrophoresis: an approach to high-speed, high-throughput DNA sequencing

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The speed and throughput of DNA sequencing can be increased by performing sequencing separations on arrays of microcapillaries followed by detection with a laser-excited, confocal-fluorescence scanner.

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Mathies, R., Huang, X. Capillary array electrophoresis: an approach to high-speed, high-throughput DNA sequencing. Nature 359, 167–169 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1038/359167a0

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