Microfluidic platforms for single-cell analysis

Annual Review of Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 12, Issue , 2010, Pages 187-201

  Zare, Richard N ^a   Kim, Samuel ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

capillary electrophoresis; cell cell variation; chemical cytometry; fluorescence; genetic analysis; microchip

Indexed keywords

CELL BIOLOGY; CELL LYSIS; COMPLEX PROCEDURE; CONTENT ANALYSIS; CYTOMETRY; EFFECTIVE TOOL; ENABLING TOOLS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; INDIVIDUAL CELLS; INTRACELLULAR COMPONENTS; MICROCHIP; MICROFABRICATED DEVICES; MICROFLUIDIC PLATFORMS; MICROFLUIDIC TECHNOLOGIES; PICOLITERS; SAMPLE DILUTION; SINGLECELL ANALYSIS;

BLOOD VESSELS; CAPILLARY ELECTROPHORESIS; CELLS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; FLUORESCENCE; MICROFLUIDICS; MICROPROCESSOR CHIPS;

CYTOLOGY;

GENOMIC DNA; GENOMIC RNA; PROTEIN; DNA; RNA;

CAPILLARY ELECTROPHORESIS; CELL ASSAY; CELL STRUCTURE; CYTOLYSIS; CYTOMETRY; DNA PURIFICATION; FLUORESCENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MICROCHIP ANALYSIS; MICROFLUIDICS; MICROTECHNOLOGY; REVIEW; CELLS; CHEMISTRY; CHROMATOGRAPHY; DEVICES; ECONOMICS; ELECTROPHORESIS; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYSIS; PROCEDURES;

CELLS; CHROMATOGRAPHY; DNA; ELECTROPHORESIS; HUMANS; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES; PROTEINS; RNA;

EID: 77955618032     PISSN: 15239829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-bioeng-070909-105238     Document Type: Review

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