Construction of membrane-bound artificial cells using microfluidics: A new frontier in bottom-up synthetic biology

Biochemical Society Transactions

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 723-730

  Elani, Yuval ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Artificial cells; Biomimetics; Droplet interface bilayers; Microfluidics; Synthetic biology; Vesicles

Indexed keywords

FAT DROPLET; LIPID EMULSION; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE;

ANATOMIC LANDMARK; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL CELL; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CELL STRUCTURE; LIPID VESICLE; MEMBRANE VESICLE; MICROFLUIDICS; PHASE TRANSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; CELL MEMBRANE; PROCEDURES;

ARTIFICIAL CELLS; CELL MEMBRANE; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; MICROFLUIDICS; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY;

EID: 85009808447     PISSN: 03005127     EISSN: 14708752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BST20160052     Document Type: Article

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