Phototransfection of mammalian cells using femtosecond laser pulses: Optimization and applicability to stem cell differentiation

Journal of Biomedical Optics

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Mthunzi, Patience ^a,b   Dholakia, Kishan ^a   Gunn Moore, Frank ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b DSI CSIR Nanotechnology Innovation Centre   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Cell arresting; Embryonic stem cell differentiation; Femtosecond; Laser pulses; Neuroblastomas; Phototransfection; Pluripotent stem cells

Indexed keywords

EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; FEMTOSECONDS; NEUROBLASTOMAS; PHOTOTRANSFECTION; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL DIFFERENTIATION;

ANIMAL CELL CULTURE; MAMMALS; OPTIMIZATION; STEM CELLS; ULTRAFAST LASERS; ULTRASHORT PULSES; EFFICIENCY;

CELL CULTURE; CYTOLOGY;

MAMMALIA;

DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYTOLOGY; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; LASER; METHODOLOGY; MOUSE; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLS, CULTURED; DNA; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; LASERS; MICE; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 78651386540     PISSN: 10833668     EISSN: 15602281     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.3430733     Document Type: Article

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