Nanosecond electroperturbation - Mammalian cell sensitivity and bacterial spore resistance

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 32, Issue 4 II, 2004, Pages 1620-1625

  Vernier, P Thomas ^a,b   Thu, Mya Mya S ^a   Marcu, Laura ^a,c   Craft, Cheryl M ^d,e   Gundersen, Martin A ^a  

^a University of Southern California ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d DOHENY EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL CULTURE; BACTERIA; CALCIUM; CELL MEMBRANES; ULTRASHORT PULSES;

APOPTOSIS; CALCIUM BURST; ELECTROPERTURBATION; PHOSPHATIDYLSERINE EXTERNALIZATION; SPORE GERMINATION; ULTRASHORT ELECTRIC PULSE;

ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS;

EID: 7244227687     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPS.2004.831754     Document Type: Article

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