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ArticleNature protocols2011

Initiation, growth and cryopreservation of plant cell suspension cultures.

Natali R Mustafa, Ward de Winter, Frank van Iren, Robert Verpoorte

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Article in Nature protocols, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 55 papers.

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55 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 authors.

Natali R MustafaDivision of Pharmacognosy, Section Metabolomics, Institute of Biology, Leiden University, The Netherlands.
Ward de Winter
Frank van Iren
Robert Verpoorte

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Methods described in this paper are confined to in vitro dedifferentiated plant cell suspension cultures, which are convenient for the large-scale production of fine chemicals in bioreactors and for the study of cellular and molecular processes, as they offer the advantages of a simplified model system for the study of plants when compared with plants themselves or differentiated plant tissue cultures. The commonly used methods of initiation of a callus from a plant and subsequent steps from callus to cell suspension culture are presented in the protocol. This is followed by three different techniques for subculturing (by weighing cells, pipetting and pouring cell suspension) and four methods for growth measurement (fresh- and dry-weight cells, dissimilation curve and cell volume after sedimentation). The advantages and disadvantages of the methods are discussed. Finally, we provide a two-step (controlled rate) freezing technique also known as the slow (equilibrium) freezing method for long-term storage, which has been applied successfully to a wide range of plant cell suspension cultures.

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Cell Culture TechniquesBotanyCell ProliferationCryopreservationPlant CellsPlantsTabernaemontana

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PMID21637194

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