Diolistics: incorporating fluorescent dyes into biological samples using a gene gun

Trends in Biotechnology

Volumn 25, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 530-534

  O'Brien, John A ^a   Lummis, Sarah C R ^a,b  

^a MRC LABORATORY OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS; CELLS; DYES; FLUORESCENCE; METABOLITES; NANOSENSORS; PROBLEM SOLVING;

BIOLOGICAL SAMPLES; CHEMICAL METHODS; FLUORESCENT DYES;

GENETIC ENGINEERING;

FLUORESCENT DYE;

CELL FUNCTION; GENE GUN; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; NANOSENSOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; BIOLISTICS; FLUORESCENT DYES; HUMANS; MICE; STAINING AND LABELING;

EID: 35548979606     PISSN: 01677799     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tibtech.2007.07.014     Document Type: Review

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