Direct cell to cell transfer of organelles by microinjection

H A Verhoeven; J Blaas

doi:10.1007/BF00232381

Direct cell to cell transfer of organelles by microinjection

Plant Cell Rep. 1992 Jan;10(12):613-6. doi: 10.1007/BF00232381.

Authors

H A Verhoeven¹, J Blaas

Affiliation

¹ Department of Cell Biology, DLO-Centre for Plant Breeding and Reproduction Research CPRO-DLO, P.O. Box 16, 6700 AA, Wageningen, The Netherlands.

PMID: 24212873
DOI: 10.1007/BF00232381

Abstract

A new technique for transfer of organelles to plant cells is presented. The organelles are removed from the donor protoplast by micromanipulation and microinjected directly into the acceptor cells. First results obtained by this technique for transfer of chloroplasts and fluorescently labelled mitochondria are presented.