Cell membrane electroporation-Part 3: The equipment

IEEE Electrical Insulation Magazine

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 8-18

  Rebersek M ^a   Miklavcic D ^a   Bertacchini, C ^b   Sack, M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b IGEA SpA   (Italy)

^c KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

electrode; electroporator; pulse generator; safety standard

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CELL MEMBRANES; ELECTRODES; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS;

BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS; ELECTROPORATION; ELECTROPORATOR; HV PULSE; PULSE VOLTAGE; REPETITION FREQUENCY; SAFETY STANDARD; TARGET CELLS;

PULSE GENERATORS;

EID: 84899877691     PISSN: 08837554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MEI.2014.6804737     Document Type: Article

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