Protoplast Fusion: EFFECT OF LOW TEMPERATURE ON THE MEMBRANE FLUIDITY OF CULTURED CELLS

AUTOR(ES)

Yamada, Yasuyuki

RESUMO

The relation between the composition of the phospholipid molecular species in a cell membrane and the velocity of protoplast fusion was studied using cells cultured at a low temperature (10 C). Cells cultured at a low temperature contained larger proportions of phospholipids of low phase transition point, the 1,2-dilinoleoyl-type, than those cultured at a normal temperature (25 C). When treated with polyethylene glycol 6000, protoplasts from cells cultured at 10 C fused and progressed to the fused sphere stage more rapidly than did those from cells cultured at 25 C.

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