Membrane electroporation theories: A review

Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing

Volumn 44, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 5-14

  Chen, C ^a   Smye, S W ^b   Robinson, M P ^a   Evans, J A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aqueous pore model; Cell membrane; Electric fields; Electropermeabilisation; Electroporation

Indexed keywords

CELL MEMBRANES; ELECTRIC FIELDS; MACROMOLECULES; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; THRESHOLD VOLTAGE;

ELECTROPERMEABILIZATION; ELECTROPORATION; TRANS-MEMBRANE VOLTAGE;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

BLEOMYCIN; DNA;

CALCULATION; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CYTOSKELETON; CYTOTOXICITY; DEFIBRILLATION; DIELECTRIC CONSTANT; DNA STRAND; DRUG TARGETING; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRICITY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ELECTROPHORESIS; ELECTROPORATION; GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HYDROPHILICITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; ION TRANSPORT; LIPID BILAYER; MACROMOLECULE; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MEMBRANE RUPTURE; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; REVIEW; STATISTICS; SURFACE TENSION; THEORETICAL MODEL; TRANSPORT KINETICS;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROPORATION; HUMANS; IONTOPHORESIS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL;

EID: 33745460232     PISSN: 01400118     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11517-005-0020-2     Document Type: Review

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