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The miniaturised biological assay: constraints and limitations

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The aim of this chapter is to sensitise the reader to the precautions to take when miniaturising a screening assay and when interpreting the results.

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  1. Institute of Advanced Technologies in Life Sciences, CNRS - University of Toulouse III - INSAT Centre Pierre Potier / ITAV - Canceropôle, Toulouse, France

    Martine Knibiehler (Research engineer, CNRS)

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  1. UMR 5168 CNRS CEA INRA UNIV JF, Joseph Fourier University, Rue des Martyrs 17, 38054 Grenoble Cedex 9, France

    ERIC MARECHAL

  2. Institute of Life Sciences Research and, Lab. of Plant Cell Physiology, CNRS-CEA-INRA, Joseph Fourier University, Grenoble, France

    Sylvaine Roy

  3. Department of Cellular Differentiation a, Albert Bonniot Institute, Rond-point de la Chantourne, La Tronche Cedex, 38706, France

    Laurence Lafanechère

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Knibiehler, M. (2011). The miniaturised biological assay: constraints and limitations. In: MARECHAL, E., Roy, S., Lafanechère, L. (eds) Chemogenomics and Chemical Genetics. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-19615-7_3

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