Miniaturization and parallelization of biological and chemical assays in microfluidic devices

Chemistry and Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1052-1065

  Vyawahare, Saurabh ^a   Griffiths, Andrew D ^b,c   Merten, Christoph A ^d  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LOUIS PASTEUR   (France)

^d EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NUCLEIC ACID; PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; CELL CULTURE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRONICS; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYSIS; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; HIGH-THROUGHPUT SCREENING ASSAYS; HUMANS; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES; MINIATURIZATION; NUCLEIC ACIDS; PROTEINS;

EID: 78049372489     PISSN: 10745521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chembiol.2010.09.007     Document Type: Review

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