Medical Definition of Electroporation

1. Method for temporarily permeabilising cell membranes so as to facilitate the entry of large or hydrophilic molecules as in transfection). A brief (ca 1msec) electric pulse is given with potential gradients of about 700V/cm. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Electroporation

electrophrenic respiration
electrophysiological
electrophysiological studies
electrophysiologic audiometry
electrophysiology
electroplate
electroplate
electroplated
electroplater
electroplater
electroplates
electroplating
electroplating
electroplax
electropneumograph
electroporation (current term)
electropositive
electropositive
electropositive element
electropuncture
electropuncturing
electroradiology
electroradiometer
electroretinogram
electroretinogram
electroretinography
electros
electroscission
electroscope
electroscope

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