Filter-based microfluidic device as a platform for immunofluorescent assay of microbial cells

Lab on a Chip

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 337-341

  Zhu, Liang ^a   Zhang, Qing ^a   Feng, Hanhua ^b   Ang, Simon ^c   Chau, Fook Siong ^a   Liu, Wen Tso ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b INSTITUTE OF MICROELECTRONICS   (Singapore)

^c 3202 Bell Engineering Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; FLUORESCENT DYE;

ARTICLE; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DEVICE; FILTER; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROORGANISM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; STAINING; TARGET CELL;

CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; GIARDIA; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS;

EID: 4344700526     PISSN: 14730197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/b401834f     Document Type: Article

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