Automated ion channel screening: Patch clamping made easy

Expert Opinion on Therapeutic Targets

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 557-565

  Farre, Cecilia ^a   Stoelzle, Sonja ^a   Haarmann, Claudia ^a   George, Michael ^a   Brüggemann, Andrea ^a   Fertig, Niels ^a  

^a NANION TECHNOLOGIES GMBH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Automated patch clamp; Drug screening; Ion channel; Patchliner; Port a Patch

Indexed keywords

CESIUM; ION CHANNEL; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; QUINIDINE;

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BINDING SITE; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL SUSPENSION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG RESEARCH; DRUG SCREENING; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HUMAN; MICROCHIP ANALYSIS; MICROELECTRODE; PATCH CLAMP; PIPETTE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; VOLTAGE CLAMP;

AUTOMATION; CELL LINE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HUMANS; ION CHANNELS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES;

EID: 33947672389     PISSN: 14728222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1517/14728222.11.4.557     Document Type: Article

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