Transfection of molecular beacons in microchannels for single-cell gene-expression analysis

Bioanalysis

Volumn 2, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1689-1699

  Li, Na ^a   Wong, Pak Kin ^b  

^a University of Miami College of Engineering   (United States)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA ACTIN; MESSENGER RNA;

ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVENTIONAL CELL CULTURE SYSTEM; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; DIFFUSION; ELECTROPORATION; FLUID FLOW; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MICROFLUIDIC CELL CULTURE SYSTEM; MOLECULAR BEACON; SHEAR STRESS; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL STRAIN HEK293; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETICS; HELA CELL; INSTRUMENTATION; INTRACELLULAR SPACE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYSIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBE; SINGLE CELL ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HEK293 CELLS; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; INTRACELLULAR SPACE; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBES; SINGLE-CELL ANALYSIS; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 79952530052     PISSN: 17576180     EISSN: 17576199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4155/bio.10.116     Document Type: Article

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