title: Transfecting well-differentiated prostatic cancer cell line LNCaP.
abstract: The transfection of well-differentiated sensitive cells requires careful optimization of the conditions used. In addition to the transfection method chosen, the amount of cells plated, and thus the density of the cells, as well as the influence of the serum concentration play a critical role in the case of LNCaP cells. We also found out that the only appropriate control plasmid for the transfection efficiency was pCMV beta-gal driven by the cytomegalovirus promoter.
authors.affiliation: Biocenter Oulu, University of Oulu, Finland.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ruokonen
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Shan
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Hedberg
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Patrikainen
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Vihko
mesh_terms: D002454:Cell Differentiation; D003587:Cytomegalovirus / Q000235:genetics; D005822:Genetic Vectors; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D014162:Transfection / Q000379:methods*; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured