High efficiency transformation of E. coli by high voltage electroporation.

Abstract:

:E. coli can be transformed to extremely high efficiencies by subjecting a mixture of cells and DNA to brief but intense electrical fields of exponential decay waveform (electroporation). We have obtained 10(9) to 10(10) transformants/micrograms with strains LE392 and DH5 alpha, and plasmids pUC18 and pBR329. The process is highly dependent on two characteristics of the electrical pulse: the electric field strength and the pulse length (RC time constant). The frequency of transformation is a linear function of the DNA concentration over at least six orders of magnitude; and the efficiency of transformation is a function of the cell concentration. Most of the surviving cells are competent with up to 80% transformed at high DNA concentration. The mechanism does not appear to include binding of the DNA to the cells prior to entry. Possible mechanisms are discussed and a simple procedure for the practical use of this technique is presented.

journal_name

Nucleic Acids Res

journal_title

Nucleic acids research

authors

Dower WJ,Miller JF,Ragsdale CW

doi

10.1093/nar/16.13.6127

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1988-07-11 00:00:00

pages

6127-45

issue

13

eissn

0305-1048

issn

1362-4962

journal_volume

16

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