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Electroporation: Past, present and future
Author(s) -
Nakamura Harukazu,
Funahashi Junichi
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
development, growth and differentiation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.864
H-Index - 66
eISSN - 1440-169X
pISSN - 0012-1592
DOI - 10.1111/dgd.12012
Subject(s) - electroporation , gene transfer , biology , microbiology and biotechnology , computational biology , gene , genetics
Gene transfer by electroporation has become an indispensable method for the study of developmental biology. The technique is applied not only in chick embryos but also in mice and other organisms. Here, a short history and perspectives of electroporation for gene transfer in vertebrates are described.