Plant Cell Electroporation And Electrofusion Protocols (Methods in Molecular Biology) by Jac A. Nickoloff
Publisher: Humana Press; 1 edition (August 11, 1995) | ISBN: 0896033287 | Pages: 220 | PDF | 12.93 MB
Publisher: Humana Press; 1 edition (August 11, 1995) | ISBN: 0896033287 | Pages: 220 | PDF | 12.93 MB
Application of strong electric field pulses to cells and tissue is known to cause some type of structural rearrangement of the cell membrane. Significant progress has been made by adopting the hypothesis that some of these rearrangements consist of temporary aqueous pathways (“pores”), with the electric field playing the dual role of causing pore formation and providing a local driving force for ionic and molecular transport through the pores. Introductron of DNA into cells in vitro is now the most common application. With imagination, however, many other uses seem likely.