Proteomics in Microfluidic Devices
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چکیده
Proteomics is the study of the collection of proteins (the proteome) expressed in a given system. The field of proteomics can be divided into three subtypes: • profiling – identification and quantification of the proteins in a sample and drawing comparisons between samples, • functional – the study of the behavior of specific proteins, and • structural – the study of protein folding and the complexes it forms. Microfluidics is characterized by devices that contain channels or features with dimensions measured in microns, and are capable of transporting and analyzing sample volumes in the nanoliter range.
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