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Title : Optically driven transport into a living cell

Language: English
Type: Article
Authors: Koji Kubo, Masatoshi Ichikawa and Kenichi Yoshikawa
Journal: Applied Physics Letters
ISSN: 0003-6951
Volume: 83
Number: 12
Month: 9
Year: 2003
Actual year: 2003
Pages: 2468-2470
doi:   10.1063/1.1613356
Abstract: We report a method for transporting foreign substances into a desired living cell through the use of laser trapping. A single giant DNA molecule can be delivered into a cytoplasmic space if the DNA is folded into a compact state. We also find that microparticles of zeolite are very effective as a vehicle for transferring foreign compounds into a living cell by optical manipulation. (C) 2003 American Institute of Physics.

"Optically driven transport into a living cell"

Koji Kubo, Masatoshi Ichikawa and Kenichi Yoshikawa, Applied Physics Letters, 83, 2468-2470 (2003)