Cell electrofusion using nanosecond electric pulses

Scientific Reports

Volumn 3, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Rems, Lea ^a   Ušaj, Marko ^a   Kandušer, Maša ^a   Reberšek, Matej ^a   Miklavčič, Damijan ^a   Pucihar, Gorazd ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; CELL FUSION; CELL SIZE; CHO CELL LINE; CRICETULUS; CYTOLOGY; ELECTRICITY; ELECTROPORATION; EXPERIMENTAL MELANOMA; HYBRIDOMA; MOUSE; PROCEDURES; PULSE RATE;

ANIMALS; CELL FUSION; CELL SIZE; CHO CELLS; CRICETULUS; ELECTRICITY; ELECTROPORATION; HYBRIDOMAS; MELANOMA, EXPERIMENTAL; MICE; PULSE;

EID: 84889575475     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep03382     Document Type: Article

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