In this paper, fluorescein isothiocyanate (FITC) was covalently bonded with magnetic single-walled carbon nanotubes (mSWCNTs) that were purified using our previous method. To demonstrate our design, mSWCNT-FITC was delivered into plant cells (canola and carrot cells) driven by external magnetic forces. From FACS results, the FITC delivery efficiency was about 100% for both two canola and carrot...

Lecithin and lecithin/cholesterol liposomes formed in aqueous solutions of DNA entrap covalently closed circular, open circular and linear DNA molecules of size up to at least 13 kilobases. The sequestered DNA molecules are efficiently protected against exogenous deoxyribonuclease action although nicking and linearization of circular DNA can be observed. The size of these liposomes ranges from ...

Protoplast fusion was investigated as a technique for genetically manipulating two lignin-degrading Streptomyces strains, Streptomyces viridosporus T7A and Streptomyces setonii 75Vi2. Four of 19 recombinants tested showed enhanced production of acid-precipitable polymeric lignin (APPL), producing 155 to 264% more APPL from corn stover lignocellulose than was produced by the wild-type S. viridos...

Among the diverse alkaliphilic Bacillus strains, only a little have been reported to be genetically transformed. In this study, an efficient protoplast transformation procedure was developed for recalcitrant alkaliphilic Bacillus sp. N16-5. The procedure involved polyethylene glycol-induced DNA uptake by the protoplasts and subsequent protoplast regeneration with a developed hard agar regenerat...

Novozym 234 (Novo lndustri A/S, Bagsraerd, Denmark) is a comparatively cheap and highly effective commercial preparation, derived from the fungus 7richoderma harziunum, which is used for the enzymic degradation of the cell wall in many yeasts and filamentous fungi in order to release protoplasts [ 1 , 21. The factors involved in protoplast isolation using this system have been investigated by C...

The construction of high-yield laccase-producing fusant was achieved by inter-kingdom protoplast fusion between Pleurotus ostreatus and Escherichia coli. The optimized protoplasts formation and regeneration conditions demonstrated that with the presence of 1.5% cellulase +1.0% snailase and 0.6M mannitol at 30°C for 3h. The fusants were screened by different characters between two parental strai...

Pea protoplasts dielectrophoretic coefficients were measured in alternating electric fields of frequency 1 MHz and voltage 5 V applied between two concentric cylindrical metal electrodes of outer and inner radii 0.24 mm and 1 mm, respectively. They do not vary significantly with solution osmolarity, but* show a clear expressed maximum in isotonic conditions; the values in 0.4 m , 0.5 m , 0.6 m ...

Shockman, Gerald D. (Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pa.), Joseph J. Kolb, Bohdan Bakay, Margaret J. Conover, and Gerrit Toennies. Protoplast membrane of Streptococcus faecalis. J. Bacteriol. 85:168-176. 1963.-The membrane fraction of Streptococcus faecalis (ATCC 9790) was isolated and purified, by a variety of procedures, from cultures that were grown under closely controll...