NALT

Preferred term

electroporation

Topic

A technique in which electric pulses of intensity in kilovolts per centimeter and of microsecond-to-millisecond duration cause a temporary loss of the semipermeability of cell membranes, thus leading to ion leakage, escape of metabolites, and increased uptake by cells of drugs, molecular probes, and DNA.

Field 001 in MARC Authority Format

13184

Spanish

electroporación

URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/36237

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Created 1/19/06, last modified 5/18/16