Ultrafast laser nanosurgery in microfluidics for genome-wide screenings

Current Opinion in Biotechnology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 100-105

  Ben Yakar, Adela ^a   Bourgeois, Frederic ^a  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODELS; BIOLOGICAL PROCESS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; COLLATERAL DAMAGES; EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGIES; EXPERIMENTAL ENVIRONMENTS; FEMTO-SECOND LASERS; GENETIC MAPS; IN-VITRO; IN-VIVO; INJURY MODELS; LASER NANOSURGERY; LIVING ORGANISMS; MICRO-FLUIDIC DEVICES; MODEL ORGANISMS; NANOSURGERY; NERVE REGENERATIONS; NEW OPPORTUNITIES; SUBCELLULAR STRUCTURES; ULTRA-FAST LASERS; ULTRAFAST LASER PULSE;

LASERS; MICROFLUIDICS; MODEL STRUCTURES; PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS; ULTRAFAST PHENOMENA;

LASER SURGERY;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL STRUCTURE; GENETIC SCREENING; GENOMICS; LASER SURGERY; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYSIS; NANOSURGERY; NERVE REGENERATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; LASER THERAPY; MICROFLUIDICS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NERVE REGENERATION;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 65449145667     PISSN: 09581669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.copbio.2009.01.008     Document Type: Review

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