electrical Protocols

Category: Transfection Protocols: Stable Transfection Protocols

Pulsed electrical fields can be used to introduce DNA into a wide variety of animal cells. Electroporation works well with cell lines that are refractive to other techniques, such as calcium phosphate-DNA coprecipitation. But, as with other transfection methods, the optimal conditions for electroporating DNA into untested cell lines must be determined experimentally. - [Read DNA Transfection by Electroporation]

Category: Transfection Protocols: Electroporation Sonoporation Protocols

Electrocompetent bacteria are prepared by growing cultures to mid-log phase, washing the bacteria extensively at low temperature, and then resuspending them in a solution of low ionic strength containing glycerol. DNA is introduced during exposure of the bacteria to a short high-voltage electrical discharge.