electroporation
Sign in to saveAlso known as electropermeabilization
thumb|right|230px|Cuvettes for in-vitro electroporation. These are plastic with aluminium [[electrodes and a blue lid. They hold a maximum of 400 μL.]]
Research
19,242 papers- Single-cell electroporation.Current opinion in biotechnology · 2003
- [Electroporation and its application].Polski merkuriusz lekarski : organ Polskiego Towarzystwa Lekarskiego · 2010
- Electroporation of cell membranes: a review.Critical reviews in biotechnology · 1996
- Gene transfer to plants by electroporation: methods and applications.Molecular biology reports · 2020
- Electroporation for gene transfer to skeletal muscles: current status.BioDrugs : clinical immunotherapeutics, biopharmaceuticals and gene therapy · 2004
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Encyclopedic overview
10 sectionsContents
- Laboratory research
- History
- Medical applications
- N-TIRE
- Reversible electroporation
- H-FIRE
- Drug and gene delivery
- Physical mechanism
- Gene Electrotransfer
- References
thumb|right|230px|Cuvettes for in-vitro electroporation. These are plastic with aluminium [[electrodes and a blue lid. They hold a maximum of 400 μL.]]
Electroporation, also known as electropermeabilization, is a microbiological and biotechnological technique in which an electric field is applied to cells to briefly increase the permeability of the cell membrane. The application of a high-voltage electric field induces a temporary destabilization of the lipid bilayer, resulting in the formation of nanoscale pores that permit the entry or exit of macromolecules.
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