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Creating hybridomas by electrofusion

Electromanipulation has long been used to form pores in cell membranes to transfect them with foreign DNA. Now, the technique has been extended to the preparation of hybridomas.

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Glassy, M. Creating hybridomas by electrofusion. Nature 333, 579–580 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1038/333579a0

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