A high-throughput automated platform for the development of manufacturing cell lines for protein therapeutics

Journal of Visualized Experiments

Volumn , Issue 55, 2011, Pages

  Shi, Shuangping ^a   Condon, Russ G G ^a   Deng, Liang ^a   Saunders, Jason ^a   Hung, Finn ^a   Tsao, Yung Shyeng ^a   Liu, Zhong ^a  

^a MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Automation; Cloneselect imager; FACS; FACS aria; High throughput; Issue 55; Manufacturing cell line; Medicine; Protein therapeutics; TECAN freedom EVO liquid handling system

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053916832     PISSN: 1940087X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3791/3010     Document Type: Article

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