Microfluidic positioning of pollen grains in lab-on-a-chip for single cell analysis

Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering

Volumn 117, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 504-511

  Ghanbari, Mahmood ^a   Nezhad, Amir Sanati ^a   Agudelo, Carlos G ^a   Packirisamy, Muthukumaran ^a   Geitmann, Anja ^b  

^a Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Hydrodynamic trapping; Microfluidic; Plant cell; Pollen tube; Tip growing cell

Indexed keywords

LAB-ON-A-CHIP; MICROCHANNELS; PLANT CELL CULTURE; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

FLUID FLOW CONDITIONS; HYDRODYNAMIC TRAPPING; LAB-ON-A-CHIP DEVICES; MICROFLUIDIC NETWORKS; PLANT CELLS; POLLEN TUBE; TIP-GROWING CELLS; TRAPPING PROBABILITIES;

MICROFLUIDICS;

ARTICLE; GRAIN POLLEN; HYDRODYNAMICS; LAB ON A CHIP; MICROFLUIDICS; NONHUMAN; PLANT CELL; POLLEN; POLLEN TUBE; PROBABILITY; PROCESS DESIGN; SINGLE CELL ANALYSIS;

HYDRODYNAMIC TRAPPING; MICROFLUIDIC; PLANT CELL; POLLEN TUBE; TIP GROWING CELL;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HYDRODYNAMICS; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES; MICROFLUIDICS; PLANT CELLS; POLLEN; POLLEN TUBE; SINGLE-CELL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84895880148     PISSN: 13891723     EISSN: 13474421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiosc.2013.10.001     Document Type: Article

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