Microfluidic reactors for diagnostics applications

Annual Review of Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 13, Issue , 2011, Pages 321-343

  McCalla, Stephanie E ^a   Tripathi, Anubhav ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amplification; Droplet; Exponential; Isothermal; Microfluidics; NASBA; PCR; Reactors

Indexed keywords

DROPLET; EXPONENTIAL; ISOTHERMAL; NASBA; PCR;

DISEASES; ENERGY UTILIZATION; HEALTH CARE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESEARCH LABORATORIES; RNA;

MICROFLUIDICS;

DNA; HELICASE; RNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BIOREACTOR DESIGN; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DROPLET MICROREACTOR; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE TARGETING; HEATING; HUMAN; MICROFLUIDICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PCR MICROREACTOR; REACTOR;

ANTIGENS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DNA; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES; MICROFLUIDICS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA; SELF-SUSTAINED SEQUENCE REPLICATION;

EID: 79960517777     PISSN: 15239829     EISSN: 15454274     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-bioeng-070909-105312     Document Type: Article

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