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Efficient Gene Transfer in Chick Retinas for Primary Cell Culture Studies: An Ex-ovo Electroporation Approach
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- 00:05Title
- 02:00Preparation for Ex-ovo Electroporation
- 04:00Collection of Retinal Cups from Chick Embryos
- 05:40Electroporation
- 07:24Results: Efficiency of Transgene Expression in Cultured Cells after Electroporation
- 08:10Conclusion
Embryonic chick retinal cell cultures constitute valuable tools for the study of photoreceptor biology. We have developed an efficient gene transfer technique based on ex ovo plasmid electroporation of the retinas prior to culture. This technique considerably increases transfection efficiencies over currently available protocols, making genetic manipulation feasible for this system.
