The development and application of high throughput cultivation technology in bioprocess development

Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 192, Issue PB, 2014, Pages 323-338

  Long, Quan ^a   Liu, Xiuxia ^a   Yang, Yankun ^a   Li, Lu ^a   Harvey, Linda ^b   McNeil, Brian ^b   Bai, Zhonghu ^a  

^a JIANGNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

High throughput culture; HTP culture strategy; Micro bioreactor; Process development

Indexed keywords

BIOREACTOR; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYSIS;

BIOREACTORS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; HIGH-THROUGHPUT SCREENING ASSAYS; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES;

EID: 84914117921     PISSN: 01681656     EISSN: 18734863     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2014.03.028     Document Type: Article

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