Biolistic transfection of neuronal cultures using a hand-held gene gun

Nature Protocols

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 977-981

  O'Brien, John A ^a   Lummis, Sarah C R ^a,b  

^a MRC LABORATORY OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PHOTOPROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; YELLOW FLUORESCENT PROTEIN, BACTERIA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLISTIC TRANSFORMATION; CELL LINE; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GENETICS; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MOUSE; NERVE CELL;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOLISTICS; CELL LINE; HUMANS; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MICE; NEURONS; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 34548770656     PISSN: 17542189     EISSN: 17502799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nprot.2006.145     Document Type: Article

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