The role of pH fronts in reversible electroporation

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Turjanski, Pablo ^a   Olaiz, Nahuel ^a   Maglietti, Felipe ^a   Michinski, Sebastian ^a   Suárez, Cecilia ^a,b   Molina, Fernando Victor ^a,b   Marshall, Guillermo ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACIDIFICATION; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODE; ELECTROGENETHERAPY; ELECTROPORATION; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; GENE THERAPY; ION TRANSPORT; PH; REVERSIBLE ELECTROPORATION; TISSUE NECROSIS;

ANIMALS; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRODES; ELECTROPORATION; GENETIC TECHNIQUES; GENETIC THERAPY; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NECROSIS; PLASMIDS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79955721020     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0017303     Document Type: Article

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