A microfluidic device that forms and redirects pheromone gradients to study chemotropism in yeast

Lab on a Chip

Volumn 12, Issue 17, 2012, Pages 3127-3134

  Brett, Marie Elena ^a   Deflorio, Reagan ^b   Stone, David E ^b   Eddington, David T ^a  

^a University of Illinois at Chicago   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHEROMONE; POLYSTYRENE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TROPISM; YEAST; YEAST CELL;

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCETALES;

EID: 84864643608     PISSN: 14730197     EISSN: 14730189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/c2lc40398f     Document Type: Article

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