New tools and new biology: Recent miniaturized systems for molecular and cellular biology

Molecules and Cells

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 485-506

  Hamon, Morgan ^a   Hong, Jong Wook ^a,b,c  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^c Hanyang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cellular biology; Human on a chip; Microfluidics; Molecular biology; Organ on a chip; Worm on a chip

Indexed keywords

CELL PROTEIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DIMETICONE; DNA; ELASTOMER; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 2; NUCLEIC ACID; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR; SINGLE STRANDED DNA;

BIOSENSOR; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL CULTURE; CELL INTERACTION; CONTINUOUS FLOW MICROFLUIDICS; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA SYNTHESIS; DROPLET BASED MICROFLUIDICS; DROSOPHILA; ELECTROPHORESIS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FISH; FISH ON A CHIP; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENCE ACTIVATED CELL SORTING; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENOMICS; HUMAN; HUMAN GENOME PROJECT; HYDRODYNAMICS; LAB ON A CHIP; METABOLOMICS; MICROENVIRONMENT; MICROFLUIDICS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; ORGAN; ORGAN ON A CHIP; ORGANISM ON A CHIP; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEOMICS; SHEAR STRESS; SHORT SURVEY; SINGLE CELL ANALYSIS; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY; TRANSCRIPTOMICS;

ANIMALS; CELL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; HUMANS; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES; MICROFLUIDICS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY;

EID: 84900414162     PISSN: 10168478     EISSN: 02191032     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10059-013-0333-1     Document Type: Short Survey

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