Highly efficient molecular delivery into mammalian cells using carbon nanotube spearing

Nature Methods

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 449-454

  Cai, Dong ^a   Mataraza, Jennifer M ^b   Qin, Zheng Hong ^c,d   Huang, Zhongping ^a   Huang, Jianyu ^b   Chiles, Thomas C ^b   Carnahan, David ^a   Kempa, Kris ^b   Ren, Zhifeng ^b  

^a NanoLab Inc   (United States)

^b BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d MEDICAL COLLEGE OF SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOTUBE; DNA; ENHANCED GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; NICKEL;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; B CELL LYMPHOMA; B LYMPHOCYTE; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE TARGETING; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAMMAL CELL; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; COATED MATERIALS, BIOCOMPATIBLE; DNA; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; HUMANS; NANOTUBES, CARBON; TRANSFECTION;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 21444447315     PISSN: 15487091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmeth761     Document Type: Article

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