Chemistry: molecular biology and microbiology – Apparatus – Including measuring or testing
Patent
1992-07-16
1994-02-01
Niebling, John
Chemistry: molecular biology and microbiology
Apparatus
Including measuring or testing
4351722, 4351736, 935 52, 935 85, 935 89, 935 93, C12N 1300, C12N 1500, C12N 1502, C12N 1587
Patent
active
052831949
ABSTRACT:
An insulating film in a container has pores whose diameter is smaller than the diameter of a first type of cells in the container. The first type of cells are trapped in the pores, so that when an electric field is applied to the container, electroporation of the first type of cells occurs. If a second type of cells, smaller than the first type of cells, are also trapped in the pores, electrofusion will occur between the first and second types of cells trapped in the same pores.
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Niebling John
Starsiak Jr. John S.
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