Protocol abstract
Nature Protocols 1, - 2019 - 2025 (2006)
Published online: 30 November 2006 | doi:10.1038/nprot.2006.286
Subject Categories: Cell and tissue culture | Genetic modification | Plant biology
Rapid, transient expression of fluorescent fusion proteins in tobacco plants and generation of stably transformed plants
Imogen A Sparkes1, John Runions1, Anne Kearns1 & Chris Hawes1
Abstract
Expression and tracking of fluorescent fusion proteins has revolutionized our understanding of basic concepts in cell biology. The protocol presented here has underpinned much of the in vivo results highlighting the dynamic nature of the plant secretory pathway. Transient transformation of tobacco leaf epidermal cells is a relatively fast technique to assess expression of genes of interest. These cells can be used to generate stable plant lines using a more time-consuming, cell culture technique. Transient expression takes from 2 to 4 days whereas stable lines are generated after approximately 2 to 4 months.
- School of Life Sciences, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford OX3 0BP, UK.
Correspondence to: Imogen A Sparkes1 e-mail: isparkes@brookes.ac.uk
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