Polymer-based microfluidic device for measuring membrane protein activities

Microfluidics and Nanofluidics

Volumn 14, Issue 3-4, 2013, Pages 421-429

  Hutter, I ^a   Muller E ^b   Kristiansen, P M ^b   Kresak, S ^c   Tiefenauer, L ^a  

^a PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES AND ARTS NORTHWESTERN SWITZERLAND   (Switzerland)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF BIOPHYSICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Activity; Fabrication; Ion channel; Microfluidic; Polymer

Indexed keywords

ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ETHERS; FABRICATION; FLUIDIC DEVICES; IONS; KETONES; LIPID BILAYERS; MICROFLUIDICS; POLYMERS; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES;

CHANNEL STRUCTURES; DRUG DISCOVERY APPLICATIONS; FUNCTIONAL ASSAYS; ION CHANNEL; LIPID BILAYER FORMATIONS; MICRO-FLUIDIC DEVICES; SENSITIVE DETECTION; VOLTAGE-GATED POTASSIUM CHANNELS;

PROTEINS;

EID: 84878560190     PISSN: 16134982     EISSN: 16134990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10404-012-1061-0     Document Type: Article

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