Electroporation conditions for retention of rat hepatocyte viability

New Genetics and Society

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 27-34

  Yin, Li ^a   Macdonald, Caroline ^b   Grant, Helen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Electroporation; Immortalised rat hepatocytes; Transfection

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002646997     PISSN: 14636778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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