Production of small, monodispersed alginate beads for cell immobilization

Biotechnology Progress

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 562-568

  Seifert, Douglas B ^a,b   Phillips, Janice A ^a  

^a Lehigh University   (United States)

^b MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL CULTURE; DROP FORMATION; SALTS;

ALGINATE; GEL ENTRAPMENT; NONLINEAR THEORY; WEBER'S THEORY;

CELL IMMOBILIZATION;

EID: 0031240025     PISSN: 87567938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bp9700723     Document Type: Article

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