Somatic and stem cell pairing and fusion using a microfluidic array device

Microfluidics and Nanofluidics

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 633-641

  Qu, Ya ^a   Hu, Ning ^b   Xu, Haiwei ^a   Yang, Jun ^b   Xia, Bin ^b   Zheng, Xiaolin ^b   Yin, Zheng Qin ^a  

^a THIRD MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHONGQING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Bioelectronics; Cell alignment; Chip; Electrofusion; Embryonic stem cell; Microfluidic array device

Indexed keywords

BIOELECTRONICS; CELL ALIGNMENT; CHIP; ELECTROFUSION; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; MICROFLUIDIC ARRAY DEVICE;

ALIGNMENT; CELL CULTURE; CELL DEATH; CELL GROWTH; ELECTRIC FIELDS; MAMMALS; MICROELECTRODES; MICROFLUIDICS; STEM CELLS; TISSUE;

MOLECULAR BIOLOGY;

EID: 84855915354     PISSN: 16134982     EISSN: 16134990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10404-011-0829-y     Document Type: Article

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