US PATENT SUBCLASS 435 / 285.2
.~.~ With means for applying an electric current or charge (e.g., electrofusion, electroporation, etc.)

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435 /   HD   CHEMISTRY: MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND MICROBIOLOGY

283.1  DF  APPARATUS {9}
285.1  DF  .~ Mutation or genetic engineering apparatus {2}
285.2.~.~ With means for applying an electric current or charge (e.g., electrofusion, electroporation, etc.)

DEFINITION

Classification: 435/285.2

With means for applying an electric current or charge (e.g., electrofusion, electroporation, etc.):

(under subclass 285.1) Apparatus for producing a known stable change in the genotype of a microorganism by the use of an applied electric current or charge.

(1) Note. Electrofusion is the combining of the entire genetic material of two separate cells, while electroporation is the incorporation of subcellular parts (i.e., plasmids) into a cell.

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:

173.6, for processes of electroporation.

450, for processes of electrofusion.