Microfluidic probe for single-cell analysis in adherent tissue culture

Nature Communications

Volumn 5, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Sarkar, Aniruddh ^a   Kolitz, Sarah ^b   Lauffenburger, Douglas A ^b   Han, Jongyoon ^a,b  

^a USA   (United States)

^b Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSULIN; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE;

BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CELL ORGANELLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HETEROGENEITY; PROTEIN;

ADHERENT CELL; ARTICLE; CARCINOMA CELL; CELL ACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLYSIS; CYTOMETRY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LIMIT OF DETECTION; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MICROFLUIDICS; MOLECULAR PROBE; SINGLE CELL ANALYSIS; TISSUE CULTURE; HEPG2 CELL LINE; PROCEDURES;

HEP G2 CELLS; HUMANS; MICROFLUIDICS; SINGLE-CELL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84896741640     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms4421     Document Type: Article

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