Directed transport of bacteria-based drug delivery vehicles: bacterial chemotaxis dominates particle shape

Biomedical Microdevices

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 717-725

  Sahari, Ali ^a   Traore, Mahama A ^b   Scharf, Birgit E ^a   Behkam, Bahareh ^a,b  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University   (United States)

Author keywords

BacteriaBots; Bacterial chemotaxis; Drug delivery; Microfluidics; Particle shape

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; CONTROLLED DRUG DELIVERY; DRUG DELIVERY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HYBRID SYSTEMS; MAMMALS; MICROFLUIDICS; VEHICLES;

BACTERIABOTS; BACTERIAL CHEMOTAXIS; CHEMOATTRACTANT GRADIENTS; DRUG DELIVERY APPLICATIONS; LINEAR CONCENTRATION GRADIENTS; MICROFLUIDIC PLATFORMS; PARTICLE SHAPE; POLYMERIC MICROPARTICLES;

TARGETED DRUG DELIVERY;

DRUG CARRIER;

BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMOTAXIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; METABOLISM; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYSIS; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CHEMOTAXIS; DRUG CARRIERS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84908447541     PISSN: 13872176     EISSN: 15728781     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10544-014-9876-y     Document Type: Article

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