Investigating cellular signaling reactions in single attoliter vesicles
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The invention relates to various embodiments of a bioanal. reagent with at least one vesicle, generated from a living cell, and at least one receptor for study of signal transduction. The invention further relates to methods for prodn. of said bioanal. rea ...
(Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, Switz.; Zeptosens A.-G.).2002
