Simple Electroporation of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii Strains with an Intact Cell Wall
Messmer, M.; de Carpentier, F.; Lam, E.; Hong, M.; Wakao, S.; Schroda, M.; Niyogi, K. K.
Show abstract
Chlamydomonas reinhardtii is a model green alga extensively used to study photosynthesis and cilia using molecular biology and genetics. Electroporation is a very common technique to transform DNA into the nuclear genome, which is essential to generate mutant collections and express transgenes. Here, we describe a simple, fast, and efficient protocol to transform strains with an intact cell wall. It achieves a good transformation efficiency without cell wall digestion or use of commercial kits and is compatible with the widely available Gene Pulser electroporation system. Key featuresO_LIHigh transformation efficiency of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii strains with an intact cell wall. C_LIO_LIFaster than currently available electroporation protocols. C_LI
Matching journals
The top 6 journals account for 50% of the predicted probability mass.