Organisms must adapt to ever-changing environments, otherwise they risk being outcompeted or eliminated. To do this, they have evolved methods for importing DNA from elsewhere and utilizing it for ...

Electroporation is a technology used to increase the permeability of cell membranes. It is used to induce cells to take up a variety of substances, including chemicals, drugs, and DNA. When cells take ...

Bacteria possess unique traits with great potential for benefiting society. However, current genetic engineering methods to harness these advantages are limited to a small fraction of bacterial ...

Tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum) NT1 cells provide a convenient model system with which to evaluate the biology of plant cells 1. The stable transformation of NT1 cells to produce transgenic cell lines is ...