Automated microfluidic protein immunoblotting

Nature Protocols

Volumn 5, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1844-1856

  He, Mei ^a   Herr, Amy E ^a  

^a University of California at Berkeley   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYACRYLAMIDE;

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CONTROL SYSTEM; EPIFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPE; GREEN CHEMISTRY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MICROFLUIDICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; WESTERN BLOTTING;

AUTOMATION, LABORATORY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MICROFLUIDICS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; PROTEINS;

EID: 78049408367     PISSN: 17542189     EISSN: 17502799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nprot.2010.142     Document Type: Article

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