A helium burst biolistic device adapted to penetrate fragile insect tissues

To compensate for the extremely low penetration efficiency of the original PDS/1000-He Bio Rad biolisticreg; device and the deleterious blast effect, design modifications have been made to the launching module. These modifications were evaluated on Bombyx mori embryos and fragile tissues, such as oo...

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Main Authors: Jean-Luc Thomas, Jérôme Bardou, Sebastien L'hoste, Bernard Mauchamp, Gérard Chavancy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Oxford University Press 2001-10-01
Series:Journal of Insect Science
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Online Access:http://www.insectscience.org/1.9/