Basic Features of a Cell Electroporation Model: Illustrative Behavior for Two Very Different Pulses

Journal of Membrane Biology

Volumn 247, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1209-1228

  Son, Reuben S ^a   Smith, Kyle C ^a,b,d   Gowrishankar, Thiruvallur R ^a   Vernier, P Thomas ^c   Weaver, James C ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b USA   (United States)

^c OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell electroporation; Computational model; Electrical behavior; Poration behavior; Solute transport

Indexed keywords

CALCEIN; FLUORESCEIN DERIVATIVE; PROPIDIUM IODIDE;

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL MEMBRANE; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROPORATION; MAMMAL; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; POROSITY; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CELL MEMBRANE; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROPORATION; FLUORESCEINS; MAMMALS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POROSITY; PROPIDIUM;

EID: 84921412924     PISSN: 00222631     EISSN: 14321424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00232-014-9699-z     Document Type: Article

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