Nanotechnology meets plant biotechnology: Carbon nanotubes deliver DNA and incorporate into the plant cell structure

Maged Fouad; Noritada Kaji; Mohammad Jabasini; Manabu Tokeshi; Yoshinobu Baba

Nanotechnology meets plant biotechnology: Carbon nanotubes deliver DNA and incorporate into the plant cell structure

Maged Fouad, Noritada Kaji, Mohammad Jabasini, Manabu Tokeshi, Yoshinobu Baba

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Abstract

Carbon nanotubes (CNT) can intracellulary traffic through different cellular barriers and deliver biomolecules into living cells. However, their use in plants is limited by the cellulosic wall surrounding the plant cell. Here we show that CNT with immobilized cellulase can serve as an efficient DNA delivery system for plant cells. Tracking the cellular fate of nanotubes revealed two novel phenomena: (1)A possible nuclear localization and (2)When the transfected cell decides to differentiate into tracheary cell (water conducting cell), nanotubes were observed to incorporate into cellular structure. Our work aims at methodological development that paves the way toward on-chip-nanoscale-gene delivery applications.

Original language	English
Pages	227-229
Number of pages	3
Publication status	Published - Jan 1 2008
Externally published	Yes
Event	12th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences, MicroTAS 2008 - San Diego, CA, United States Duration: Oct 12 2008 → Oct 16 2008

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Other	12th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences, MicroTAS 2008
Country/Territory	United States
City	San Diego, CA
Period	10/12/08 → 10/16/08

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Chemical Engineering (miscellaneous)
Bioengineering

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Nanotechnology meets plant biotechnology: Carbon nanotubes deliver DNA and incorporate into the plant cell structure. / Fouad, Maged; Kaji, Noritada; Jabasini, Mohammad et al.
2008. 227-229 Paper presented at 12th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences, MicroTAS 2008, San Diego, CA, United States.

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