Protoplast Isolation and Transfection in Wheat

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Wheat is one of the major staple crops around the world. A transient expression system is crucial for gene functional studies in wheat as stable transfection is still difficult in most cultivars. Protoplasts could serve as a versatile transient expression tool in wheat research. Here, we describe protocols for wheat protoplast isolation and transfection that are enabled by cellulase R-10 and macerozyme R-10 containing enzymatic solution and polyethylene glycol-mediated method, respectively. In addition, we show an example of efficiency evaluation of the emerging base editors in wheat protoplasts. These protocols are of wide use in both conventional gene functional analysis and reagent functionality evaluation of genome editing in wheat.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProtoplast Technology : Methods and Protocols
EditorsKan Wang, Feng Zhang
Number of pages11
PublisherSpringer
Publication date2022
Pages131-141
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2022
SeriesMethods in Molecular Biology
Volume2464
ISSN1064-3745

Bibliographical note

Publisher Copyright:
© 2022, The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature.

    Research areas

  • Base editor, Base-editing efficiency, Genome editing, Polyethylene glycol (PEG), Triticum aestivum

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