Induction of cell fusion of plant protoplasts by electrical stimulation
- 1 November 1979
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Plant and Cell Physiology
- Vol. 20 (7) , 1441-1443
- https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.pcp.a075944
Abstract
When an electric impulse of a few milliseconds was applied to point-adherence protoplasts isolated from cultured cells of Rauwolfia serpentina through glass capillary microelectrodes, fusion of the protoplasts was immediately induced. This phenomenon seems to be related to transient changes in the membrane state, such as membrane excitation, induced by electrical stimulation.Keywords
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