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Electroporation MeSH Descriptor Data 2022


MeSH Heading
Electroporation
Tree Number(s)
E05.200.500.454
E05.242.448
E05.301.500
Unique ID
D018274
RDF Unique Identifier
http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D018274
Scope Note
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.
Entry Term(s)
Electropermeabilisation
Public MeSH Note
94
History Note
94
Date Established
1994/01/01
Date of Entry
1993/06/03
Revision Date
2015/06/02
Electroporation Preferred
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