6533b834fe1ef96bd129cb0d

RESEARCH PRODUCT

Transient Transformation of A. thaliana Seedlings by Vacuum Infiltration

César Bernat-silvestreVanessa De Sousa VieiraMaría Jesús MarcoteFernando AnientoJudit Sánchez-simarro

subject

0106 biological sciences0301 basic medicineExpression vectorbiologyAgrobacteriumChemistryConfocalMutantAgrobacterium tumefaciensmedicine.diseasebiology.organism_classification01 natural sciencesFluorescenceCell biology03 medical and health sciences030104 developmental biologyArabidopsismedicineInfiltration (medical)010606 plant biology & botany

description

Transient expression in Arabidopsis thaliana seedlings allows fast expression of fluorescent markers for different subcellular compartments. This protocol describes a transient transformation assay with five-day-old seedlings using Agrobacterium tumefaciens-mediated vacuum infiltration. Three days after infiltration of the Agrobacterium containing an expression vector for a fluorescent marker of interest, cotyledon cells expressing the fluorescent protein can be imaged in a confocal microscope. This assay allows high-throughput screening of new constructs and the study of the localization of a large number of subcellular markers in Arabidopsis seedlings including wild-type, stable over-expressing and mutant lines.

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-0880-7_6