Microplate orbital mixing improves high-throughput cell-based reporter assay readouts

Journal of Biomolecular Screening

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 140-144

  Hancock, Michael K ^a,b   Medina, Myleen N ^a   Smith, Brendan M ^a,c   Orth, Anthony P ^a  

^a GENOMICS INSTITUTE OF THE NOVARTIS RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (United States)

^b INVITROGEN CORPORATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

High throughput; Luciferase; Orbital mixing; Reporter assay; Shaking; Vortexing

Indexed keywords

LUCIFERASE;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CELL ASSAY; CELL DENSITY; CYTOLYSIS; ENZYME ASSAY; MIXER; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; CELLS; GENES, REPORTER; LUCIFERASES; MICE; NIH 3T3 CELLS;

EID: 33846874086     PISSN: 10870571     EISSN: 1552454X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1087057106296046     Document Type: Article

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