@article{f660cc05cbbd4b86ba38841298efcc2b,
title = "Photodynamic assistance increases the efficiency of the process of microinjection in animal cells",
abstract = "A microinjection process is described that involves the photodynamically-assisted puncture of an animal cell membrane by means of a brief and partial degeneration resulting from cell membrane damage. The ratio of dye-injected rat pheochromocytoma cells that became detached three and six days after photodynamically-assisted microinjection was 9%; however, it was 83% when a conventional mechanical microinjection process was used.",
keywords = "Detachment assay, Microinjection, Photodynamic membrane damage, Rat PC12 cell line, α-terthienyl derivative",
author = "Saito, {Takashi K.} and Hitoshi Muguruma and Kunihiko Mabuchi",
note = "Funding Information: This work was partly supported by a grant for {\textquoteleft}Research for the Future, Program No. 97I00401{\textquoteright} from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science. Copyright: Copyright 2008 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.",
year = "2002",
doi = "10.1023/A:1014072904009",
language = "English",
volume = "24",
pages = "309--314",
journal = "Biotechnology Letters",
issn = "0141-5492",
publisher = "Springer Netherlands",
number = "4",
}