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. 1997 Sep 15;25(18):3672–3680. doi: 10.1093/nar/25.18.3672

A new method of synthesis of fluorescently labelled oligonucleotides and their application in DNA sequencing.

W T Markiewicz 1, G Gröger 1, R Rösch 1, A Zebrowska 1, M Markiewicz 1, M Klotz 1, M Hinz 1, P Godzina 1, H Seliger 1
PMCID: PMC146946  PMID: 9278489

Abstract

A new approach to the chemical synthesis of oligodeoxynucleotides bearing reporter functional groups at base residues of 3'-end nucleosides is reported. Applications of the 3'-end fluorescently labelled primers for automated DNA sequencing are shown.

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