Microfabricated arrays of femtoliter chambers allow single molecule enzymology

Nature Biotechnology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 361-365

  Rondelez, Yannick ^a   Tresset, Guillaume ^a   Tabata, Kazuhito V ^b,c   Arata, Hideyuki ^b   Fujita, Hiroyuki ^b   Takeuchi, Shoji ^b   Noji, Hiroyuki ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c Japan Association for the Advancement of Medical Equipment   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; MICROPROCESSOR CHIPS;

DETECTION VOLUME; FEMTOLITER CHAMBERS; MICROFABRICATED ARRAYS;

ENZYME KINETICS;

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; DIMETICONE; HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE; POLYMER;

ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; BLEACHING; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYMOLOGY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TECHNOLOGY; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTRONICS; ENZYME ACTIVATION; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION; FLOW INJECTION ANALYSIS; INSTRUMENTATION; LETTER; METHODOLOGY; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY;

ARMORACIA RUSTICANA;

BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FLOW INJECTION ANALYSIS; HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE; MICROCHEMISTRY; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES; MINIATURIZATION; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY;

EID: 19544392556     PISSN: 10870156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nbt1072     Document Type: Article

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