Electroporation-based gene therapy: Recent evolution in the mechanism description and technology developments

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 1121, Issue , 2014, Pages 3-23

  Mir, Lluis M ^a  

^a France   (France)

Author keywords

DNA electrotransfer; Electric pulses; Electropermeabilization; Electroporation; Gene transfer; Nonviral gene therapy; Theory

Indexed keywords

NUCLEIC ACID;

ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTROCHEMOTHERAPY; ELECTRODE; ELECTROPHORESIS; ELECTROPORATION; GENE THERAPY; GENE TRANSFER; HUMAN; LIPID BILAYER; LIPID MEMBRANE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; CELLS; DNA; ELECTRICITY; ELECTROPORATION; GENETIC THERAPY; HUMANS; LIPID BILAYERS;

EID: 84934439329     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-9632-8_1     Document Type: Article

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