Microfluidic technologies for synthetic biology

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 3576-3593

  Vinuselvi, Parisutham ^a   Park, Seongyong ^a   Kim, Minseok ^a   Park, Jung Min ^a   Kim, Taesung ^a   Lee, Sung Kuk ^a  

^a Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Gene expression and regulation; Genetic circuits; Metabolite detection; Microfluidics; Synthetic biology; Whole cell analysis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ACCURACY; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL CELL; CHEMOTAXIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUORESCENCE ACTIVATED CELL SORTING; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HUMAN; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MAMMAL CELL; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLOMICS; MICROFLUIDICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; REVIEW; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY; BIOLOGY; ELECTRONICS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYSIS; PROCEDURES;

COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; METABOLOMICS; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES; MINIATURIZATION; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY;

EID: 79959690319     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14220067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijms12063576     Document Type: Review

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