Intracellular detection assays for high-throughput screening

Current Opinion in Biotechnology

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 624-631

  González, Jesús E ^a   Negulescu, Paul A ^a  

^a Aurora Biosciences Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL ENZYME; CELL RECEPTOR; ION CHANNEL;

BIOSENSOR; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; DRUG SCREENING; ENERGY TRANSFER; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LUMINESCENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW;

EID: 0032402832     PISSN: 09581669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0958-1669(98)80141-9     Document Type: Review

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