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Dec, 2010

Optimization of Bacterial Plasmid Transformation Using Nanomaterials Based on the Yoshida Effect

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES
  • Haidong Tan
  • ,
  • Li Fu
  • ,
  • Masaharu Seno

Volume
11
Number
12
First page
4962
Last page
4973
Language
English
Publishing type
Research paper (scientific journal)
DOI
10.3390/ijms11124962
Publisher
MDPI AG

With the help of sepiolite, a unique method for transforming DNA into bacteria, based on the Yoshida effect, has been developed recently. However, we confronted many problems when this newest method was tried. Only a few transformants could be obtained even when 100 ng of plasmid pET15b was used, and a successful result seemed difficult to repeat. To address this problem, we optimized the operating method and could achieve about 15,000 transformants using the same amount of plasmid, which could match the efficiency gained using the calcium chloride transformation method. Meanwhile, the results could also be reproduced well. In the same way, carbon nanotubes were used to attain more than 15,000 transformants in the same situation. Therefore, the transformation method could be extended to other nanomaterials. Meanwhile, compared with the mechanism previously reported, we verified quite a different principle for the mechanism responsible for such a transformation. In sum, this unique transformation can be developed to become the third widely-used transformation method in laboratories in addition to the chemical method and electroporation.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms11124962
Web of Science
https://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=JSTA_CEL&SrcApp=J_Gate_JST&DestLinkType=FullRecord&KeyUT=WOS:000285708000013&DestApp=WOS_CPL
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  • DOI : 10.3390/ijms11124962
  • ISSN : 1422-0067
  • Web of Science ID : WOS:000285708000013

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