Microfluidic trap array for massively parallel imaging of Drosophila embryos

Nature Protocols

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 721-736

  Levario, Thomas J ^a   Zhan, Mei ^b   Lim, Bomyi ^c   Shvartsman, Stanislav Y ^c   Lu, Hang ^a,b  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c Princeton University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIMETICONE;

ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GENERAL DEVICE; HYDRODYNAMICS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYSIS; MICROFLUIDIC DEVICE; MICROSCOPY; MICROTECHNOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; FEMALE; MICROFLUIDICS; MICROSCOPY; MICROTECHNOLOGY;

EID: 84875505752     PISSN: 17542189     EISSN: 17502799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nprot.2013.034     Document Type: Article

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