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High-efficiency transformation of a centric diatom Chaetoceros muelleri by electroporation with a variety of selectable markers. ALGAL RES 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.algal.2021.102274] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Kim MJ, Baek K, Park CM. Optimization of conditions for transient Agrobacterium-mediated gene expression assays in Arabidopsis. PLANT CELL REPORTS 2009; 28:1159-67. [PMID: 19484242 DOI: 10.1007/s00299-009-0717-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2009] [Revised: 05/12/2009] [Accepted: 05/13/2009] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Transient genetic transformation of plant organs is an indispensable way of studying gene function in plants. This study was aimed to develop an optimized system for transient Agrobacterium-mediated transformation of the Arabidopsis leaves. The beta-glucuronidase (GUS) reporter gene was employed to evaluate growth and biochemical parameters that influence the levels of transient expression. The effects of plant culture conditions, Agrobacterial genetic backgrounds, densities of Agrobacterial cell suspensions, and of several detergents were analyzed. We found that optimization of plant culture conditions is the most critical factor among the parameters analyzed. Higher levels of transient expression were observed in plants grown under short day conditions (SDs) than in plants grown under long day conditions (LDs). Furthermore, incubation of the plants under SDs at high relative humidity (85-90%) for 24 h after infiltration greatly improved the levels of transient expression. Under the optimized culture conditions, expression of the reporter gene reached the peak 3 days after infiltration and was rapidly decreased after the peak. Among the five Agrobacterial strains examined, LAB4404 produced the highest levels of expression. We also examined the effects of detergents, including Triton X-100, Tween-20, and Silwet L-77. Supplementation of the infiltration media either with 0.01% Triton X-100 or 0.01% Tween-20 improved the levels of expression by approximately 1.6-fold. Our observations indicate that transient transformation of the Arabidopsis leaves in the infiltration media supplemented with 0.01% Triton X-100 and incubation of the infiltrated plants under SDs at high relative humidity are necessary for maximal levels of expression.
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- Mi Jung Kim
- Department of Chemistry, Seoul National University, Seoul, 151-742, Korea
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Transient expression in plants is a valuable tool for many aspects of functional genomics and promoter testing. It can be used both to over-express and to silence candidate genes. It is also scaleable and provides a viable alternative to microbial fermentation and animal cell culture for the production of recombinant proteins. It does not depend on chromosomal integration of heterologous DNA so is a relatively facile procedure and can lead to high levels of transgene expression. Recombinant DNA can be introduced into plant cells via physical methods, via Agrobacterium or via viral vectors.
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- Huw D Jones
- CPI Division, Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, Hertfordshire, UK
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Schillberg S, Fischer R, Emans N. 'Molecular farming' of antibodies in plants. THE SCIENCE OF NATURE - NATURWISSENSCHAFTEN 2003; 90:145-55. [PMID: 12712248 DOI: 10.1007/s00114-002-0400-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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'Molecular farming' is the production of valuable recombinant proteins in transgenic organisms on an agricultural scale. While plants have long been used as a source of medicinal compounds, molecular farming represents a novel source of molecular medicines, such as plasma proteins, enzymes, growth factors, vaccines and recombinant antibodies, whose medical benefits are understood at a molecular level. Until recently, the broad use of molecular medicines was limited because of the difficulty in producing these proteins outside animals or animal cell culture. The application of molecular biology and plant biotechnology in the 1990s showed that many molecular medicines or vaccines could be synthesised in plants and this technology is termed 'molecular farming'. It results in pharmaceuticals that are safer, easier to produce and less expensive than those produced in animals or microbial culture. An advantage of molecular farming lies in the ability to perform protein production on a massive scale using hectares of cultivated plants. These plants can then be harvested and transported using the agricultural infrastructure. Thus, molecular farming allows rapid progress from genetic engineering to crop production, and new cash crops producing recombinant proteins are already being commercially exploited. We speculate that as functional genomics teaches us more about the nature of disease, molecular farming will produce many of the protein therapeutics that can remedy it.
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- Stefan Schillberg
- Fraunhofer Institute for Molecular Biology and Applied Ecology, IME, Grafschaft, Auf dem Aberg 1, 57392 Schmallenberg, Germany
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Molecular farming is the production of pharmaceutically important and commercially valuable proteins in plants. Its purpose is to provide a safe and inexpensive means for the mass production of recombinant pharmaceutical proteins. Complex mammalian proteins can be produced in transformed plants or transformed plant suspension cells. Plants are suitable for the production of pharmaceutical proteins on a field scale because the expressed proteins are functional and almost indistinguishable from their mammalian counterparts. The breadth of therapeutic proteins produced by plants range from interleukins to recombinant antibodies. Molecular farming in plants has the potential to provide virtually unlimited quantities of recombinant proteins for use as diagnostic and therapeutic tools in health care and the life sciences. Plants produce a large amount of biomass and protein production can be increased using plant suspension cell culture in fermenters, or by the propagation of stably transformed plant lines in the field. Transgenic plants can also produce organs rich in a recombinant protein for its long-term storage. This demonstrates the promise of using transgenic plants as bioreactors for the molecular farming of recombinant therapeutics, including vaccines, diagnostics, such as recombinant antibodies, plasma proteins, cytokines and growth factors.
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- R Fischer
- Institut für Biologie I (Botanik/Molekulargenetik), RWTH Aachen, Germany.
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Fischer R, Liao YC, Hoffmann K, Schillberg S, Emans N. Molecular farming of recombinant antibodies in plants. Biol Chem 1999; 380:825-39. [PMID: 10494831 DOI: 10.1515/bc.1999.102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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'Molecular farming' is the production of recombinant proteins in plants. It is intended to harness the power of agriculture to cultivate and harvest transgenic plants producing recombinant therapeutics. Molecular farming has the potential to provide virtually unlimited quantities of recombinant antibodies for use as diagnostic and therapeutic tools in both health care and the life sciences. Importantly, recombinant antibody expression can be used to modify the inherent properties of plants, for example by using expressed antipathogen antibodies to increase disease resistance. Plant transformation is technically straightforward for model plant species and some cereals, and the functional expression of recombinant proteins can be rapidly analyzed using transient expression systems in intact or virally infected plants. Protein production can then be increased using plant suspension cell production in fermenters, or by the propagation of stably transformed plant lines in the field. Transgenic plants can be exploited to produce organs rich in a recombinant protein for its long-term storage. This demonstrates the promise of using transgenic plants as bioreactors for the 'molecular farming' of recombinant therapeutics, blood substitutes and diagnostics, such as recombinant antibodies.
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- R Fischer
- Institut für Biologie I (Botanik/Molekulargenetik), RWTH Aachen, Germany
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Methods of Genetic Transformation: Electroporation and Polyethylene Glycol Treatment. MOLECULAR IMPROVEMENT OF CEREAL CROPS 1999. [DOI: 10.1007/978-94-011-4802-3_2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Sabri N, Pelissier B, Teissié J. Electropermeabilization of intact maize cells induces an oxidative stress. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 1996; 238:737-43. [PMID: 8706675 DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1996.0737w.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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By applying electric field pulses through cell suspensions, cell membranes can be permeabilized transiently, giving free access to the cytosol. Electropulsation is now routinely used in cell biology when introducing various molecules such as proteins and nucleic acids into the cell. But the molecular and cellular bases of cell electropermeabilization are still unclear. In the present study, we observed that electropermeabilization of intact black Mexican sweet (BMS) maize cells induces a generation of oxygen species (oxidative jump). Using the chemiluminescent probe lucigenin, we have shown that the electro-induced chemiluminescent response depends on the level of the stress factor as shown by its dependence on the electric parameters (electric field intensity, duration, and number of pulses). While the electroinduced cell permeabilization has a short life, the oxidative jump that is triggered by this electropermeabilization is a much longer-lived response. The electroinduced loss in viability is linearly correlated to permeabilization. However, there is no correlation between the oxidative jump and the loss in viability. The modulation of oxygen species electroinduction by antioxidant products (dimethylsulfoxide, sodium L-ascorbate, and glutathione) does not lead to an increase in cell viability. Such results are different to those observed with mammalian cells and indicate that even if the same phenomenon is observed with mammalian cells and indicate that even if the same phenomenon is observed when pulsing mammalian or intact plant cells, the associated metabolic response is not the same.
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- N Sabri
- Laboratoire de Pharmacologie et de Toxicologie Fondamentale du CNRS, Toulouse, France
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Chowrira GM, Akella V, Fuerst PE, Lurquin PF. Transgenic grain legumes obtained by in planta electroporation-mediated gene transfer. Mol Biotechnol 1996; 5:85-96. [PMID: 8734422 DOI: 10.1007/bf02789058] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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Electroporation-mediated gene transfer into intact plant tissues was demonstrated in pea, cowpea, lentil, and soybean plants. Transient expression of a chimeric gus reporter gene was used to monitor the uptake and expression of the introduced DNA in electroporated nodal axillary buds in vivo. The branches that grew out of the nodal meristems were chimeric and expressed the introduced gene up to 20 d after electroporation. Transgenic R1 pea, lentil, and cowpea plants were recovered from seeds originating on these chimeric branches as shown by Southern blot hybridization and GUS expression. Transgenic R2 soybean and lentil plants were also obtained. Segregation ratios in these populations showed a strong bias against transgene presence or expression.
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- G M Chowrira
- Department of Genetics and Cell Biology, Washington State University, Pullman 99164-4234, USA
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Dillen W, Engler G, Van Montagu M, Angenon G. Electroporation-mediated DNA delivery to seedling tissues ofPhaseolus vulgaris L. (common bean). PLANT CELL REPORTS 1995; 15:119-124. [PMID: 24185668 DOI: 10.1007/bf01690267] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/1994] [Revised: 07/11/1994] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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DNA was delivered to intact embryonic axes of the legumePhaseolus vulgaris L. through electroporation. Expression of the ß-glucuronidase reporter gene was observed in hypocotyl and epicotyl tissue in a spot-like manner. Transgene expression was high when a single pulse of 260 ms at a field strength of 225 V·cm(-1) was applied but could be achieved within a wide range of electrical conditions. Linearization of plasmid DNA greatly enhanced transient expression levels. The procedure was successful for embryonic axes of all testedP. vulgaris cultivars, for similar explants of several large-seeded leguminous species, as well as for some other tissues ofP. vulgaris.
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- W Dillen
- Laboratorium voor Genetica, Universiteit Gent, K.L. Ledeganckstraat 35, B-9000, Gent, Belgium
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This article describes an optimized protocol for the electroporation of tobacco mesophyll protoplasts together with notes and data on the effects of various parameters and suggestions for work with protoplasts of other species. In this protocol, electroporation is achieved by means of electrical pulses from a high-voltage, capacitive-discharge unit. Procedures are described for measurement of protoplast viability with Evan's blue, the detection of transient expression of CAT and GUS gene plasmid constructs, and for the recovery of stable transformants based on selection for kanamycin resistance.
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- G W Bates
- Department of Biological Science, Florida State University, Tallahassee 32306
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Laursen CM, Krzyzek RA, Flick CE, Anderson PC, Spencer TM. Production of fertile transgenic maize by electroporation of suspension culture cells. PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 1994; 24:51-61. [PMID: 8111026 DOI: 10.1007/bf00040573] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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Fertile, transgenic maize plants were generated by electroporation of suspension culture cells that were treated with a pectin-degrading enzyme. Electroporation of cells from two different suspension cultures, one derived from A188 X B73 and one derived from a B73-related inbred, with a plasmid containing the bar gene, resulted in high-frequency recovery of stably transformed callus lines. Plants were regenerated from thirteen transformed callus lines and transmission of bar to progeny was demonstrated.
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- C M Laursen
- Discovery Research, DEKALB Plant Genetics, Mystic, CT 06355-1958
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Chaudhury A, Chowdhry CN, Maheshwar N, Maheshwar SC, Tyag AK. Growth Behaviour of Suspension Cultures of Rice and Transient Expression of Electroporated Gene in Intact Cells. JOURNAL OF PLANT BIOCHEMISTRY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY 1994; 3:9-13. [DOI: 10.1007/bf03321941] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/19/2023]
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- G A Neil
- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City 52242
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Dünahay TG, Jarvis EE, Zeiler KG, Roessler PG, Brown LM. Genetic engineering of microalgae for fuel production. Appl Biochem Biotechnol 1992. [DOI: 10.1007/bf02920556] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Steinbiss HH, Davidson A. Transient gene expression of chimeric genes in cells and tissues of crops. Subcell Biochem 1991; 17:143-66. [PMID: 1796483 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4613-9365-8_7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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- H H Steinbiss
- Max-Planck Institut für Züchtungsforschung, Abt. Genetische Grundlagen der Pflanzenzüchtung, Köln, Germany
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Montané MH, Dupille E, Alibert G, Teissié J. Induction of a long-lived fusogenic state in viable plant protoplasts permeabilized by electric fields. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 1990; 1024:203-7. [PMID: 2337618 DOI: 10.1016/0005-2736(90)90227-f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Electropermeabilized tobacco mesophyll protoplasts are shown to fuse by creating cell contact several minutes after electropulsation. Electropermeabilization was analysed by measuring calcein uptake. Experiments were performed at low temperature to avoid resealing of protoplast transient permeation structures. These results confirm that the long-lived permeabilized state induced by the electric field is associated to a fusogenic state, under viability conditions. This is indicative that as for mammalian cells, the electric field-induced membrane modifications, which give the permeable state, are such as to decrease the magnitude of the intercellular repulsive forces between plant protoplasts. Such a fusion method may be useful for somatic hybrids production with protoplasts showing morphological and physiological differences.
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- M H Montané
- INPT-Ecole Nationale Supérieure Agronomique de Toulouse, France
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Joersbo M, Brunstedt J. Direct gene transfer to plant protoplasts by electroporation by alternating, rectangular and exponentially decaying pulses. PLANT CELL REPORTS 1990; 8:701-705. [PMID: 24232921 DOI: 10.1007/bf00272098] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/1989] [Revised: 01/29/1990] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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The efficiency of electroporation of sugar beet (Beta vulgaris L.) and tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum L.) protoplasts by alternating, rectangular and exponentially decaying pulses was studied by assaying transient expression of an introduced gene for chloramphenicol acetyltransferase. A simple device for electroporation by alternating current was constructed. The mains (220 V) were used as power supply and the pulse duration was controlled by the blow-out of a small fuse. Electroporation of sugar beet protoplasts by alternating current and exponentially decaying pulses resulted in 3-4 fold higher transient expression compared to rectangular pulses. Transient expression in tobacco protoplasts electroporated by exponentially decaying pulses was 30 % and 85 % higher than when electroporated by rectangular and alternating current pulses, respectively.
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- M Joersbo
- Biotechnology Research Division, DANISCO A/S, Langebrogade 1, DK-1001, Copenhagen K, Denmark
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Lindsey K, Jones MG. Stable transformation of sugarbeet protoplasts by electroporation. PLANT CELL REPORTS 1989; 8:71-74. [PMID: 24232987 DOI: 10.1007/bf00716841] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/1989] [Revised: 01/20/1989] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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Conditions were optimized for the culture, antibiotic selection and stable transformation by electroporation of suspension culture protoplasts of sugarbeet,Beta vulgaris L.. Highest plating efficiencies (up to 65% at day 21) were obtained if protoplasts were cultured in PGO salts (de Greef and Jacobs, 1979) supplemented with 0.1 mg/1 2,4-D, 0.01 mg/l BAP and 9% mannitol, and in 0.6% agarose rather than in liquid medium. Sensitivity to kanamycin also depended on whether protoplasts were cultured in liquid or agarose medium. Stable transformation of protoplast-derived colonies, as determined by resistance to kanamycin and Southern blot analysis, was achieved by electroporation using both rectangular and exponentially-decaying pulses.
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- K Lindsey
- Department of Biochemistry, AFRC Institute of Arable Crops Research, Rothamsted Experimental Station, AL5 2JQ, Harpenden, Herts, UK
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- T Hibi
- National Institute of Agrobiological Resources, Tsukuba Science City, Ibaraki, Japan
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Séguin A, Lalonde M. Gene transfer by electroporation in betulaceae protoplasts: Alnus incana. PLANT CELL REPORTS 1988; 7:367-370. [PMID: 24240246 DOI: 10.1007/bf00269514] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/1988] [Revised: 07/07/1988] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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The Escherichia coli β-glucuronidase gene (GUS) was introduced into Alnus incana (L.) Moench protoplasts by electroporation. Level of GUS transient gene expression was increased by increasing DNA concentrations of pBI 221 plasmid and was affected by the amplitude and duration of the applied electric pulse as well as by the presence of polyethylene glycol (PEG) in the electroporation medium. An optimal level of GUS activity was obtained after electroporation with a capacitive discharge of 500 V/cm and 71 ms-duration. This transformation procedure is simple and efficient. These results motivated us to investigate this method as a possible way of achieving the stable transformation of actinorhizal alder.
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- A Séguin
- Centre de Recherche en Biologie Forestières, Faculté de Foresterie et de Géodésie, Université Laval, Ste-Foy, Québec, Canada, G1K 7P4, Canada
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