Reversible permeabilization of plasma membranes with an engineered switchable pore

Nature Biotechnology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 278-282

  Russo, Michael J ^a   Bayley, Hagan ^b   Toner, Mehmet ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Membrane permeabilization; Metal actuated switch; Sucrose; toxin

Indexed keywords

SUCROSE;

ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CELL POPULATION; CELL TYPE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CELL VIABILITY; COMPLEMENT ACTIVATION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

3T3 CELLS; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; FIBROBLASTS; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; MICE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MUTAGENESIS; SUCROSE; ZINC;

EID: 0030942859     PISSN: 10870156     EISSN: 15461696     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nbt0397-278     Document Type: Article

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