The effects of intense submicrosecond electrical pulses on cells

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 2709-2714

  Deng, Jingdong ^a   Schoenbach, Karl H ^a   Buescher, E Stephen ^b   Hair, Pamela S ^b   Fox, Paula M ^a   Beebe, Stephen J ^a  

^a OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR PEDIATRIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROPIDIUM IODIDE;

ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL SWELLING; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTROPORATION; EUKARYOTE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LEUKEMIA CELL LINE; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; PROKARYOTE;

EUKARYOTA; MUS; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0037380825     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(03)75076-0     Document Type: Article

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