Microfluidic cartridges preloaded with nanoliter plugs of reagents: an alternative to 96-well plates for screening

Current Opinion in Chemical Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 226-231

  Chen, Delai L ^a   Ismagilov, Rustem F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENZYME; REAGENT;

COST; CRYSTALLIZATION; ENZYMATIC ASSAY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; MATRIX ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROFLUIDICS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PUMP; REVIEW; SCREENING; TECHNIQUE;

CRYSTALLIZATION; DRUG EVALUATION, PRECLINICAL; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; MICROFLUIDICS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PRECIPITATION; PROTEINS; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, MATRIX-ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION-IONIZATION;

EID: 33744537288     PISSN: 13675931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2006.04.004     Document Type: Review

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