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electroporation

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a process in which a significant increase in the electrical conductivity and permeability of the cell plasma membrane caused by an externally applied electrical field. It is usually used in molecular biology as a way of introducing some substance into a cell, such as loading it with a molecular probe, a drug that can change the cell's function, or a piece of coding DNA

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electroporation

alternative term

electropermeabilization

definition source

WEB:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electroporation

editor preferred term

electroporation

example of usage

PMID: 18551712. Microfluidic electroporation for selective release of intracellular molecules at the single-cell level. Electrophoresis. 2008 Jun 13.

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http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/IAO_0000120

term editor

Philippe Rocca-Serra