Instrumentation and electrodes for in vivo electroporation.
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Electroporation (EP) of drugs and genes into cells in vitro became a standard procedure in molecular biology laboratories in the last decade. Numerous protocols aid the researcher in selecting appropriate procedures; commercial instrumentation is readily available and discussed (1). The more recent transition to applying EP to living tissue poses a new set of requirements and few practical guidelines are available.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Methods in molecular medicine
دوره 37 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2000