transfection cells of neural origin

[Dima Klenchin]

In article <mdal-2910960703280001 at f-14.das.mcgill.ca>, mdal at musica.mcgill.ca (Andrea LeBlanc) wrote:
#In article <54nptl$6vm at sun0.urz.uni-heidelberg.de>,
#un691cs at genius.embnet.dkfz-heidelberg.de (z) wrote:
#
#> What is the preferred method for transfection of
#> PC-12, C6, Lan-1 and B49 cells ? anybody out 
#> there transfecting any of these cell lines ?
#> 
#> z
#
#You can use lipofectin with Lan1 using 5 ╣g DNA, and 15 ╣g lipofectin in
#50╣l OPTI-MEM. I don't know about the transfection efficiency but I got
#stables that amplified very quickly. I don't know about the other cell
#lines.

Both lypofection and electroporation work well for PC12. Don't know about 
really careful optimization and comparison of these methods that comes 
from the same hands. 

- Dima