Microcontact printing of proteins for cell biology

Journal of Visualized Experiments

Volumn , Issue 22, 2008, Pages

  Shen, Keyue ^a   Qi, Jie ^a   Kam, Lance C ^a  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell biology; Cellular biology; Issue 22; Microcontact; Micropatterning; Proteins

Indexed keywords

EID: 80055111956     PISSN: 1940087X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3791/1065     Document Type: Article

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