Fishing on chips: Up-and-coming technological advances in analysis of zebrafish and Xenopus embryos

Cytometry Part A

Volumn 85, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 921-932

  Zhu, Feng ^a   Skommer, Joanna ^a   Huang, Yushi ^a   Akagi, Jin ^a   Adams, Dany ^b   Levin, Michael ^b   Hall, Chris J ^c   Crosier, Philip S ^c   Wlodkowic, Donald ^a  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Bioanalysis; Drugs; FET; FETAX; Fish embryo test; Lab on a chip; Laboratory automation; Microfluidics; Xenopus; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BIOASSAY; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYOLOGY; LABORATORY AUTOMATION; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYSIS; PROCEDURES; XENOPUS; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; AUTOMATION, LABORATORY; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; EMBRYO CULTURE TECHNIQUES; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES; XENOPUS; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 84911805267     PISSN: 15524922     EISSN: 15524930     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cyto.a.22571     Document Type: Review

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