Assays for eukaryotic cell chemotaxis

Combinatorial Chemistry and High Throughput Screening

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 580-588

  Pujic, Zac ^a   Mortimer, Duncan ^a   Feldner, Julia ^a   Goodhill, Geoffrey J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Axon guidance; Boyden; Cell migration; Diffusion; Gradient; Invasion assay; Metastasis; Microfluidics

Indexed keywords

AGAROSE; CHEMOTACTIC FACTOR;

CELL ASSAY; CELL MIGRATION; CELL TYPE; CHEMOTAXIS; COCULTURE; DIFFUSION; EUKARYOTIC CELL; GEL; HUMAN; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PIPETTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

CHEMOTAXIS; COMBINATORIAL CHEMISTRY TECHNIQUES; EUKARYOTIC CELLS;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 67650862834     PISSN: 13862073     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/138620709788681952     Document Type: Review

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