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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2008 Aug 8.
Published in final edited form as: Biotechniques. 2005 Jan;38(1):44–48. doi: 10.2144/05381BM04

Table 3.

Transformation Efficiencies Method

Typical Transformation Efficiency
(transformants per microgram DNA)
Method Auxotrophic Marker
Selection
Zeocin Selection (100 μg/mL)
Electroporation 1 × 105 4 × 104
Heat Shock 1 × 103 0–20
Condensed Protocol 3.5 × 104 2 × 103