Encapsulating bacteria in agarose microparticles using microfluidics for high-throughput cell analysis and isolation

ACS Chemical Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 260-266

  Eun, Ye Jin ^a   Utada, Andrew S ^c   Copeland, Matthew F ^a   Takeuchi, Shoji ^c   Weibel, Douglas B ^a,b  

^a Department of Biochemistry ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGAROSE; RIFAMPICIN; RNA POLYMERASE BETA SUBUNIT;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL MUTATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUORESCENCE ACTIVATED CELL SORTING; MICROENCAPSULATION; MICROFLUIDICS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CELLS, CULTURED; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HIGH-THROUGHPUT SCREENING ASSAYS; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES; MICROSPHERES; PARTICLE SIZE; RIFAMPIN; SEPHAROSE; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 79955614470     PISSN: 15548929     EISSN: 15548937     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/cb100336p     Document Type: Article

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