Microfluidic tools for quantitative studies of eukaryotic chemotaxis

European Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 90, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 811-816

  Beta, Carsten ^a,b   Bodenschatz, Eberhard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DYNAMICS AND SELF ORGANIZATION   (Germany)

Author keywords

Caged compounds; Dictyostelium discoideum; Eukaryotic chemotaxis; Microfluidics; Numerical simulations

Indexed keywords

CHEMOATTRACTANT;

CELL MIGRATION; CELL MOTILITY; CELL MOTION; CELL POPULATION; CELL SURFACE; CHEMOTAXIS; DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM; EUKARYOTIC CHEMOTAXIS; FLUID FLOW; MICROFLUIDICS; MICROTECHNOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PHOTOACTIVATION; PHOTOLYSIS; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SHORT SURVEY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

CHEMOTACTIC FACTORS; CHEMOTAXIS; DICTYOSTELIUM; MICROFLUIDICS; PHOTOLYSIS; SINGLE-CELL ANALYSIS;

DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 80052411908     PISSN: 01719335     EISSN: 16181298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcb.2011.05.006     Document Type: Short Survey

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