Article
Transformation of Paramecium tetraurelia by electroporation or particle bombardment.
The Journal of eukaryotic microbiology - 1 Jan 2000
Boileau A J, Kissmehl R, Kanabrocki J A, Saimi Y
Abstract excerpt
Methods for mass transformation of Paramecium tetraurelia were established using plasmids bearing neomycin-resistance or calmodulin gene fragments. Phenotypic and molecular analyses showed that, although variable, up to 5% transformation can be achieved by electroporation. Concentrations of dival...
Topics
- Animals
- Calmodulin
- Electroporation
- Kanamycin Kinase
- Mutagenesis
- Paramecium tetraurelia
- Phenotype
- Transformation, Genetic
