Study of high-throughput cell electrofusion in a microelectrode-array chip

Microfluidics and Nanofluidics

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 669-675

  Cao, Yi ^a,b   Yang, Jun ^a   Yin, Zheng Qin ^a,c   Luo, Hong Yan ^a   Yang, Mo ^d   Hu, Ning ^a   Yang, Jing ^a   Huo, Dan Qun ^a   Hou, Chang Jun ^a   Jiang, Zhi Zhong ^a   Zhang, Rui Qiang ^a   Xu, Rong ^a   Zheng, Xiao Lin ^a  

^a CHONGQING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Chongqing City Management College   (China)

^c THIRD MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Cell fusion; Electrofusion; Microelectrode array; Microfluidic

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL CULTURE; ASPECT RATIO; CELL MEMBRANES; CYTOLOGY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRODES; ELECTRON BEAM LITHOGRAPHY; FUSION REACTIONS; GOLD; METALLIZING; MICROELECTRODES; NANOFLUIDICS; NONMETALS; NUCLEAR PHYSICS; PHOTORESISTS; SILICON; SURFACE DEFECTS; THICK FILMS; THROUGHPUT; TITANIUM;

ANIMAL CELLS; CELL FUSION; CELL MANIPULATIONS; COUNTER-ELECTRODES; DIELECTROPHORETIC FORCES; DIFFERENT SIZES; ELECTRIC PULSE; ELECTRODE DISTANCES; ELECTROFUSION; ELECTROPORATION; EXPERIMENTAL OBSERVATIONS; FUSION CHAMBERS; GOLD THIN FILMS; HIGH ASPECT RATIO; HIGH THROUGHPUTS; MICRO SCALES; MICRO-PORES; MICROELECTRODE ARRAY; MICROFLUIDIC; MICROFLUIDIC PLATFORMS; ON CHIPS; PLANT PROTOPLASTS; POWER SUPPLIES; SILICON MICRO-ELECTRODES;

CELLS;

EID: 52949152809     PISSN: 16134982     EISSN: 16134990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10404-008-0289-1     Document Type: Article

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