Enrichment of heterokaryocytes between mesophyll and epidermis protoplasts by density gradient centrifugation after electric fusion
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Mesophyll protoplasts from Nicotiana glauca were fused with epidermal protoplasts from N. langsdorffii by an electric pulse. After the fusion products were centrifuged on stepwise density gradient centrifugation using Percoll and sea water, somatic hybrids were observed at 70%–80% in the fraction recovered from the intermediate specific gravity fraction between epidermis and mesophyll protoplasts. From offsprings of these somatic hybrids, teratomatous plants were regenerated. Since the difference of specific gravity between mesophyll and epidermis protoplasts is inherent, this procedure can be essentially applied to obtain somatic hybrids between any combination of plants. The significance of this study is discussed in relation to obtaining somatic hybrids between plant materials without any appropriate genetic markers.
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Density gradient centrifugation Electric fusion Epidermis protoplasts Heterokaryocyte enrichment Mesophyll protoplasts NicotianaPreview
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