pquail@ENZYME.BERKELEY.EDU (Peter Quail) (05/07/91)
In response to Chris Town's question about bombarding Arabidopsis, I have used the Dupont Biolistic gun for this purpose. I used a standard DNA and particle preparation protocol and shot 2, 3, and 4 day old etiolated seedlings as well as 3-week old green plants. The 2 day seedlings worked somewhat better than the 3 or 4 day old ones. I did not try earlier stages. Feel free to contact me directly (415-559-5916) for further details. Tim Caspar