Structure and Dynamics of Electric Field-Induced Membrane Pores as Revealed by Rapid-Freezing Electron Microscopy

Guide to Electroporation and Electrofusion

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 9-27

  Chang, Donald C ^a,b  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

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EID: 84940906793     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-08-091727-6.50005-8     Document Type: Chapter

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