PlasmidInfo:
PlasmidInformation
ProductName:pSF-CMV-Kan
ProductCode:OG10
Size(bp):4245bp
BacterialAntibioticSelection:KanR
OriginandCompatibility:pUChighcopyderivedfrompBR322
BacterialCopyNumber:500-700percell
Promoter:Cytomegalovirus(CMV)immediateearlypromoter
PlasmidPurpose:
Aversatileexpressionplasmidforuseinmammaliancells.ThisplasmidalsocontainsaKanamycinresistancecassetteforgrowthandmaintenanceinE.coli.
PromoterExpressionLevel:ThisplasmidcontainsthemammalianCMVpromotertodrivegeneexpression.WehavetestedallofourmammalianpromotersinarangeofcelltypesandCMVisconsistentlythestrongestinthosewehavestudied.HowevertherearemanyreportsoftheCMVpromoterdemonstratingsilencingbymethylationinlong-termculture.ForthisreasonwestockarangeofotherpromotersthatarecompatIBLewiththisplasmidandareavailableonrequest.
SequenceandMap:
OtherInfo:
TranscriptionTermination:Thisplasmidcontainsthreealternativetranscriptionterminatorsformammalianbacterialandbacteriophage(T7)expression.Thismeansthatonlythepromoterneedstobechangedtoaltertheexpressionsystemyouareusing.Wesellmultiplepromotersthatcanbeusedineachofthesesystems.Thepresenceofeachterminatordoesnotreduceexpressioninthealternativesystems.
Cloning:
CloninginaGene:Thisplasmidhasbeendesignedtobecompatiblewitharangeofcloningtechniques.Themultiplecloningsitecontainsarangeofstandardcommonlyusedrestrictionsitesforcloning.UsingthesesitesgenescanbeinsertedusingstandardcloningmethodswithDNAligase.Othermethodssuchasligaseindependentcloning(LIC)GibsonAssemblyInFusionHDorSeamlessGeneArtcanalsobeusedandbecauseallofourplasmidsarebasedonthesamebackbonethesamemethodcanbeusedforcloningintoallofourcataloguevectors.
Multiplecloningsitenotes:ThereareafewimportantsiteswithintheMCS.TheseincludetheNcoIsitetheXbaIsiteandtheBsgIandBseRIsites.TheNcoIsitecontainsastartcodonthatisimmediatelydownstreamofbothaKozakandShine-Dalgarnoribosomalbindingsite.Theseallowforoptimalpositioningofgeneswhenthestartcodonisplacedinthislocation.IfthisisnotrequiredandyouwishtouseadownstreamsiteforgenecloningyoucanremovetheNcoIsitebycleavingtheplasmidwithKpnI.
TheXbaIsitecontainsastopcodon.ThisstopcodonispositionedinaspecificpositioninrelationtotheBsgIandBseRIsitesthatareimmediatelydownstream.WheneitherBseRIorBsgIcleavetheplasmidtheyproduceaTAoverhangfromthestopcodonintheXbaIsitethatiscompatiblewithallofourpeptidetagplasmidscutwiththesamesites.BseRIandBsgIsitesarenon-palindromicandcleaveadefinednumberofbasesawayfromtheirbindingsite.
WheneverwecloneageneintoourmultiplecloningsitewealwayspositionthestartandstopcodoninthesamepositionsintheMCS.IfthestartandendsofthegenesarenotcompatiblewithNcoIandXbaIweextendthesequencetothenearestexternalsitesbutkeepthestartandstopcodonslocationsconsistent.
IPStatus:
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