Transfection of neuronal cultures

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 1078, Issue , 2013, Pages 133-139

  Sariyer, Ilker Kudret ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcium co precipitation; Electroporation; FuGENE 6; Gene delivery; Lipofection; Nucleofection; Primary neurons; Transfection

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CONTACT INHIBITION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; NERVE CELL CULTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REPORTER GENE; RNA INTERFERENCE; TISSUE CULTURE;

CELLS, CULTURED; LIPIDS; NEURONS; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 84884193428     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-62703-640-5_11     Document Type: Article

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