Introducing Micrometer-Sized Artificial Objects into Live Cells: A Method for Cell–Giant Unilamellar Vesicle Electrofusion

• Akira C. Saito,

  Affiliation Department of Bioengineering and Robotics, Tohoku University, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Japan

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• Toshihiko Ogura,

  Affiliations Department of Developmental Neurobiology, Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer (IDAC), Tohoku University, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Japan, CREST, JST, Tohoku University, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan

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• Kei Fujiwara,

  Affiliations Department of Biosciences and Informatics, Keio University, Hiyoshi, Kohokuku, Yokohama, Japan, JSPS Research Fellow, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan

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• Satoshi Murata,

  Affiliation Department of Bioengineering and Robotics, Tohoku University, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Japan

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• Shin-ichiro M. Nomura

  * E-mail: nomura@molbot.mech.tohoku.ac.jp

  Affiliation Department of Bioengineering and Robotics, Tohoku University, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Japan

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