Table 2. Escherichia coli transformation efficiency (103 CFU/µg of DNA).
| Polymer | Transformation efficiencya | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.25 µgb | 0.5 µgb | 1 µgb | 5 µgb | |
| PDMAEMA315 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| PMMA60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| PMMA3-co-PDMAEMA26 (FRP) | 0.20±0.04 | 1.08±0.09 | 0.63±0.52 | 0.02±0.01 |
| PMMA31-co-PDMAEMA70 (RAFT) | 0.08±0.08 | 0.88±0.12 | 0.98±0.47 | 0 |
| THF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Buffer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Heat shocka | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
CFU: colony forming units; anon-competent cells; bamount of polymer added (from 1 mg/mL of tetrahydrofuran (THF) solution). Data are reported as means±SD of three experiments.