Quantitative microfluidic biomolecular analysis for systems biology and medicine

Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry

Volumn 405, Issue 17, 2013, Pages 5743-5758

  Zeng, Yong ^a,b   Wang, Tanyu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b University of Kansas   (United States)

Author keywords

Genomics; Medicine; Microfluidics; Proteomics; Quantitative analysis; Single cell; Systems biology

Indexed keywords

BIOMOLECULAR ANALYSIS; COMPLEX BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS; GENE REGULATION NETWORK; GENOMICS; MICROFLUIDIC TECHNOLOGIES; PROTEOMICS; SINGLE CELLS; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY;

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COMPLEX NETWORKS; MEDICINE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY;

MICROFLUIDICS;

ANIMAL; DIAGNOSIS; EQUIPMENT; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENOMICS; HUMAN; MEDICINE; METHODOLOGY; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; DIAGNOSIS; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; GENOMICS; HUMANS; MEDICINE; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY;

EID: 84879844440     PISSN: 16182642     EISSN: 16182650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00216-013-6930-1     Document Type: Review

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