Lipid bilayer vesicle generation using microfluidic jetting

Journal of Visualized Experiments

Volumn , Issue 84, 2014, Pages

  Coyne, Christopher W ^a   Patel, Karan ^a   Heureaux, Johanna ^a   Stachowiak, Jeanne ^b   Fletcher, Daniel A ^c,d   Liu, Allen P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^c University of California   (United States)

^d LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biochemical reconstitution; Bioengineering; Giant unilamellar vesicles; Issue 84; Lipid bilayer; Microfluidic jetting; Synthetic biology; Vesicle encapsulation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; EQUIPMENT; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; LIPID BILAYER; METHODOLOGY; MICROFLUIDICS;

LIPID BILAYERS; MICROFLUIDICS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE;

EID: 84904538281     PISSN: 1940087X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3791/51510     Document Type: Article

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