Electric fields around and within single cells during electroporation-a model study

Annals of Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1264-1275

  Mossop, Brian J ^a   Barr, Roger C ^a   Henshaw, Joshua W ^a   Yuan, Fan ^a  

^a Duke University   (United States)

Author keywords

Electroporation; Intracellular electric field; Molecular delivery; Single cells

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS;

ELECTROPORATION; INTRACELLULAR ELECTRIC FIELD; MOLECULAR DELIVERY; SINGLE CELLS;

CELLS;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ELECTROPORATION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ELECTROPORATION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 34250781199     PISSN: 00906964     EISSN: 15739686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10439-007-9282-1     Document Type: Article

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