electroporatev.
/ᵻˌlɛktrəʊpəˈreɪt/, /ᵻˌlɛktrəʊpɒˈreɪt/, U.S. /əˌlɛktroʊpɔˈreɪt/, /iˌlɛktroʊpɔˈreɪt/, /əˌlɛktroʊpəˈreɪt/, /iˌlɛktroʊpəˈreɪt/ Biochemistry.
transitive. To apply high-voltage pulses of electricity to (cells or protoplasts) in order to create temporary pores in the cell membranes. Also: to facilitate the introduction of (foreign material, esp. DNA or RNA) into a cell or protoplast using this technique.
ΚΠ
1985 Proc. National Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 82 5827/1 Protoplasts were washed and electroporated with a 300V, 54-msec pulse in each solution.
1987 Nucleic Acids Res. 15 5823 (title) Expression of mRNA electroporated into plant and animal cells.
1993 Cell 73 251/1 The targeting vector..was electroporated into E14 ES cells..that were subsequently cultured for 8 day.
2006 Drug Discov. Today 11 1069/2 Higher electric fields can be used to carry out automated wound healing assays and..to electroporate cells.
Derivatives
eˈlectropoˌrated adj. (of a cell or protoplast) that has been treated by electroporation.
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1985 Trends Biotechnol. 3 191 (title) Transient gene expression in electroporated plant cells.
2007 Gene 386 176/1 Electroporated cells were cultured onto selective LB plates.
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