Theory of electroporation: A review

Bioelectrochemistry and Bioenergetics

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 135-160

  Weaver, James C ^a   Chizmadzhev, Yu A ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b FRUMKIN INSTITUTE OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY AND ELECTROCHEMISTRY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Aqueous pore model; Electropermeabilization; Electroporation; Lipid bilayer membranes

Indexed keywords

BILAMINATE MEMBRANES; CYTOLOGY; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; LIPIDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; POROUS MATERIALS; REACTION KINETICS; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

AQUEOUS PORE MODELS; ELECTROPERMEABILIZATION; ELECTROPORATION; LIPID BILAYER MEMBRANES; MOLECULAR TRANSPORT;

CELL MEMBRANES;

BILAYER MEMBRANE; ELECTROPORATION; HUMAN; LIPID BILAYER; MODEL; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; THEORY;

EID: 0030469894     PISSN: 03024598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0302-4598(96)05062-3     Document Type: Review

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