Gene transfer into isolated and cultured tobacco zygotes by a specially designed device for electroporation
Gene transfer into isolated and cultured tobacco zygotes by a specially designed device for electroporation
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DOI:
10.1007/s002990000249
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发表时间:
2000-12
影响因子:
6.2
通讯作者:
Shisheng Li;H. Yang
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作者:
Shisheng Li;H. Yang
We have established a technique for isolating, culturing and transforming tobacco zygotes. Zygotes were isolated by microdissection or enzymatic maceration from fertilized embryo sacs. Viable zygotes cocultured with mesophyll protoplasts underwent first division after 3 days of culture. Zygotes isolated by microdissection underwent a higher frequency of first division (61.2%) than those isolated by enzymatic maceration (30.5%). Globular embryos were formed only from microdissected zygotes, at a frequency of 8.7% after 1–2 weeks in culture. An efficient millicell device for the electroporation of DNA into zygotes was established. The electroporated zygotes divided in vitro at a frequency of 54.6% and developed into proembryos. Introduced GFP gene constructs showed transient expression in about 2.6% of the electroporated tobacco zygotes.