Transformation of nuclear and plastomic plant genomes by biolistic particle bombardment
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A Cell-to-cell Macromolecular Transport Assay in Planta Utilizing Biolistic Bombardment
Published on: August 27, 2010
P Mäenpää1, E B Gonzalez, S Ahlandsberg
1Department of Biology, University of Turku, Finland. pirmae@utu.fi
Abstract:
Microprojectile bombardment is a powerful method for the transformation of various organisms and tissues. For plants, the biolistic approach is primarily used for transformation of cereals and other monocotyledons, as well as for dicotyledonous plants shown to be recalcitrant to Agrobacterium-based transformation of organellar genomes, and transformation of plant and algal chloroplasts has recently been reported. In this protocol paper we provide methods for nuclear and plastomic transformation of plants using the biolistic technique.
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