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Fusion of hen erythrocytes with yeast protoplasts induced by polyethylene glycol

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POLYETHYLENE glycol (PEG) has been used to induce the fusion of protoplasts of higher plants1,2. Ahkong et al.3 have also observed that PEG will cause hen erythrocytes to fuse to form binucleate and multinucleate cells. The availability of a common chemical agent that can be used effectively for the fusion of both animal cells and plant protoplasts has prompted us to investigate the possibility that PEG may likewise induce interspecific fusion between hen erythrocytes and yeast protoplasts.

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  1. Department of Biochemistry and Chemistry, Royal Free Hospital School of Medicine, University of London, 8 Hunter Street, London, WC1N 1BP, UK

    Q. F. AHKONG, J. ISOBEL HOWELL & J. A. LUCY

  2. Department of Botany, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham, 7NG 2RD, UK

    F. SAFWAT, M. R. DAVEY & E. C. COCKING

  3. On sabbatical leave from Department of Biology, University of Massachusetts, Boston, Massachusetts

    F. SAFWAT

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AHKONG, Q., HOWELL, J., LUCY, J. et al. Fusion of hen erythrocytes with yeast protoplasts induced by polyethylene glycol. Nature 255, 66–67 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1038/255066a0

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