Miniaturized and highly parallel protein crystallization on a microfluidic disc

Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS)

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 561-564

  Steinert, C P ^a   Mueller Dieckmann, J ^a   Weiss, M ^a   Roessle, M ^a   Zengerle, R ^b   Koltay, P ^b  

^a EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; MEMS; MICROFLUIDICS;

CENTRIFUGAL FORCES; CRYSTALLIZATION CHAMBERS; HIGHLY PARALLELS; LIQUID PROCESSING; MICRO FLUIDIC SYSTEM; MINIMUM VOLUMES; PROTEIN CRYSTALLIZATION; PROTEIN SAMPLES;

PROTEINS;

EID: 34548066672     PISSN: 10846999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/memsys.2007.4433159     Document Type: Conference Paper

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