MICROPLATES USEFUL FOR CONDUCTING THERMOCYCLED NUCLEOTIDE AMPLIFICATION

摘要

A reaction plate (22) comprises a plurality of reaction cells (34), wherein the plate (22) comprises a thermal conductive material, each of the wells (34) has an open top and a closed bottom, and a distance between the wells is less than 0.5 mm. Other embodiments include an alignment feature (31, 190, 192) which may be, but not limited to, a bar code (192), an alignment pin (31), an alignment slot or a keyed corner (31). In various embodiments, the plate has about 6,144 wells at a pitch of about 1.125 mm. In some embodiments, each well has a volume of less than 600 nanoliters. Some embodiments include a cover (24) for the reaction plate.