What is gene transfer? – Definition
Gene transfer can be defined as to transfer or insert –
- a new, unrelated DNA from one cell into another cell or
- a gene to unrelated DNA
Techniques or Methods for gene transfer
Several gene transfer techniques, methods have been developed till yet. Some of them are listed below.
- Agrobacterium mediated gene transfer
- Pollen pathway
- Micro-projectiles (particle gun) / Biolistics (Gene gun)
- Electroporation
- Calcium phosphate mediated
- Lipid mediated method
- DEAE dextran mediated
- Viral vectors
- Ttransfection
- Cell hybridization
- Liposome or microcell-mediated gene transfer
- Chromosome mediated gene transfer
- Microinjection