Microfluidics-based single-cell functional proteomics for fundamental and applied biomedical applications

Annual Review of Analytical Chemistry

Volumn 7, Issue , 2014, Pages 275-295

  Yu, Jing ^a   Zhou, Jing ^a   Sutherland, Alex ^a   Wei, Wei ^a   Shin, Young Shik ^a   Xue, Min ^a   Heath, James R ^a  

^a California Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Immunoassays; Microfluidics; Protein signaling; Single cell proteomics

Indexed keywords

ASSAYS; CELL CULTURE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLS; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; MICROFLUIDICS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PROTEINS; SIGNALING;

BIOLOGICAL BEHAVIOR; BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS; CELL-CELL INTERACTION; FUNCTIONAL PROTEINS; IMMUNOASSAYS; PHYSICO-CHEMICAL LAWS; PROTEIN SIGNALING; PROTEOMICS;

CELL SIGNALING;

PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; DEVICES; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MICROFLUIDICS; PROCEDURES; PROTEOMICS; SINGLE CELL ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; HUMANS; MICROFLUIDICS; PROTEINS; PROTEOMICS; SINGLE-CELL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84904355142     PISSN: 19361327     EISSN: 19361335     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-anchem-071213-020323     Document Type: Review

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