Nucleofection induces non-specific changes in the metabolic activity of transfected cells

Molecular Biology Reports

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 2187-2194

  De Queiroz, Fernanda Mello ^a   Sánchez, Araceli ^a   Agarwal, Jasmin Roya ^a   Stühmer, Walter ^a   Pardo, Luis A ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Lipofection; Metabolic activity; Nucleofection; Proliferation

Indexed keywords

CELL PROTEIN; NUCLEIC ACID; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CANCER CELL; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL LINE; CELL METABOLISM; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; METABOLIC RATE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOFECTION; PROCEDURES; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RELIABILITY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CELL LINE; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL PROLIFERATION; ELECTROPORATION; ENERGY METABOLISM; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; MICE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; OXAZINES; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TETRAZOLIUM SALTS; THIAZOLES; TRANSFECTION; XANTHENES;

EID: 84863851994     PISSN: 03014851     EISSN: 15734978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11033-011-0967-z     Document Type: Article

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