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electroporation
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electroporation
[-pôrā′shən]
a type of osmotic transfection in which an electric current is used to produce temporary holes in cell membranes, allowing the entry of nucleic acids or macromolecules (a way of introducing new deoxyribonucleic acid into the cell). See also transfection.
electroporation (i·lekˈ·trō·p·rāˑ·shn),
n technique by which cell membranes are made permeable by rapid pulses of high-voltage current. Has been used to treat cancers.
electroporation
the use of high-voltage electrical impulse to create pores through a cell membrane and allow uptake of DNA into a cell.


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Despite these advances, the experimental visualization of pores created by most electroporating procedures-submicroscopic and short lived-has not yet been possible.
AFM Study on the Electric-Field Effects on Supported Bilayer Lipid ... by Lars J C Jeuken / Biophysical Journal
Electroporating the subunits of Na1/K1 ATPase into the lungs of mice protected against endotoxin-induced lung injury and improved preexisting pulmonary edema (31).
Update in Critical Care 2007 by Robert A Fowler and Neill K J Adhikari and Damon C Scales and Warren L Lee and Gordon D Rubenfeld / American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine
The CX1 systems utilize a single-channel electroporation head, while Cellectricon's CX3 System is capable of electroporating three separate wells in a 96-well plate in parallel or simultaneously electroporating three discrete regions in the dish.
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