## Background: Gap junction intercellular channels are required for metabolic cooperation between cells and regulate normal tissue homeostasis by means of the transfer of small molecules between contacting cells. not surprisingly, the gap junction phenotype is frequently lost during carcinogenesis
Single-cell microinjection technology in cell biology
β Scribed by Yan Zhang; Long-Chuan Yu
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 142 KB
- Volume
- 30
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0265-9247
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β¦ Synopsis
Abstract
Singleβcell microinjection has been successfully used to deliver exogenous proteins, cDNA constructs, peptides, drugs and particles into transfectionβchallenged cells. With precisely controlled delivery dosage and timing, microinjection has been used in many studies of primary cultured cells, transgenic animal production, in vitro fertilization and RNA inference. This review discusses the advantages and limits of microinjection as a mechanical delivery method and its applications to attached and suspended cells. BioEssays 30:606β610, 2008. Β© 2008 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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