High-efficiency loading, transfection, and fusion of cells by electroporation in two-phase polymer systems

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 1123-1130

  Hui, Sek Wen ^a   Stoicheva, Natalia ^a,b,c   Zhao, Ya Li ^a  

^a ROSWELL PARK CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF BIOPHYSICS AND BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA LEVO FUCOSIDASE; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; DEXTRAN; FLUORESCEIN ISOTHIOCYANATE; MACROGOL 8000; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; POLYMER;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL AGGREGATION; CELL FUSION; CHO CELL; DNA TRANSFECTION; ELECTROPORATION; GENE TARGETING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NONHUMAN; PLASMID;

ANIMALIA; CRICETINAE; CRICETULUS GRISEUS; RICE STRIPE VIRUS;

EID: 0010050391     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(96)79314-1     Document Type: Article

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