Protocol for the fabrication of enzymatically crosslinked gelatin microchannels for microfluidic cell culture

Nature Protocols

Volumn 2, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1782-1788

  Paguirigan, Amy L ^a   Beebe, David J ^a  

^a Wisconsin Electric Machines and Power Electronics Consortium   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CROSS LINKING REAGENT; ENZYME; GELATIN; GLUTAMINE;

ARTICLE; CELL FUNCTION; CHEMISTRY; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GEL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; METHODOLOGY; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYSIS; MICROFLUIDICS; PHYSIOLOGY;

CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL PHYSIOLOGY; CROSS-LINKING REAGENTS; ENZYMES; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GELATIN; GELS; GENE EXPRESSION; GLUTAMINE; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES; MICROFLUIDICS;

EID: 34548562486     PISSN: 17542189     EISSN: 17502799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nprot.2007.256     Document Type: Article

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