Is electrocompetent cell good for chemical transformation?

[Dima Klenchin]

xinkunw at hotmail.com ("Xinkun Wang") wrote:
:Hi, there,
:
:I am wondering if electrocompetent cells are good for chemical 
:transformation. 

No. Absolutely not good.

:Would it give higher transformation efficiency? Or the same 
:efficiency as chemocompetent cells?

Lots, lots lower if you omit electric pulse.

"Electrocompetent" essentially means washed and 
resuspended in deionized water. 

"Chemically competent" means treated in a way that 
weakens cell wall and/or seriously disturbs plasma 
membrane (high Ca++, Li+, PEG, etc).

        - Dima