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- noun A process of applying a high-voltage electrical pulse to a living cell, causing temporary permeability of the cell membrane, through which a foreign material such as DNA may pass.
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- noun biotechnology the creation of transient
pores in the cell membrane, through the application of a high-voltage electrical pulse
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Examples
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The authors used a nifty technique called electroporation to label the cells in that region so they could watch them as the embryo grew.
Randomly growing an embryo. It can work. - The Panda's Thumb 2010
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The authors used a nifty technique called electroporation to label the cells in that region so they could watch them as the embryo grew.
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The authors used a nifty technique called electroporation to label the cells in that region so they could watch them as the embryo grew.
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The authors used a nifty technique called electroporation to label the cells in that region so they could watch them as the embryo grew.
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His initial work was based upon the research of Dr. Kaali and Dr. Lyman who discovered is 1990 that small electrical currents applied to blood would kill microbes in the blood stream as well as increase the porosity of cellular membranes (referred to as electroporation).
Planet Atheism 2009
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HIV vaccine testing a novel delivery mechanism known as electroporation - the use of electrical pulses to increase the immune responses elicited by DNA vaccines - was recently completed in New York City.
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HIV vaccine testing a novel delivery mechanism known as electroporation - the use of electrical pulses to increase the immune responses elicited by DNA vaccines - was recently completed in New York City.
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One of the most widely used physical methods to deliver genes into cells "is incredibly inefficient because only a small fraction of a cell's total membrane surface can be permeated," said Lu, an associate professor of chemical engineering at Virginia Tech. The method Lu is referring to is called electroporation, a phenomenon known for decades that increases the permeability of a cell by applying an electric field to generate tiny pores in the membrane of cells.
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How To Make a Neuron Grow title Single Cell Electroporation in vivo within the Intact Developing Brain description How to perform single cell electroporation, using a micropipette to introduce DNA into a single neuron in tadpole brains.
How To Make a Neuron Grow Sandra K 2008
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How To Make a Neuron Grow title Single Cell Electroporation in vivo within the Intact Developing Brain description How to perform single cell electroporation, using a micropipette to introduce DNA into a single neuron in tadpole brains.
Archive 2008-12-01 Sandra K 2008
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