Microfluidic single cell analysis: From promise to practice

Current Opinion in Chemical Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 381-390

  Lecault, Véronique ^a,b   White, Adam K ^a   Singhal, Anupam ^a   Hansen, Carl L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE;

CELL GROWTH; CELL HETEROGENEITY; CELL POPULATION; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOME ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYSIS; MICROFLUIDICS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SINGLE CELL ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; CELL PROLIFERATION; GENOMICS; HUMANS; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES; PROTEINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SINGLE-CELL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84865283268     PISSN: 13675931     EISSN: 18790402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2012.03.022     Document Type: Review

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