PlasmidInfo:
PlasmidInformation
ProductName:pSF-CMV-RLuc
ProductCode:OG103
Size(bp):5222bp
BacterialAntibioticSelection:AmpR
OriginandCompatibility:pUChighcopyderivedfrompBR322
BacterialCopyNumber:500-700percell
Promoter:Cytomegalovirus(CMV)immediateearlypromoter
PlasmidPurpose:
TheexpressionoftheRenillareniformis(SeaPansy)luciferasereportergeneunderthecontroloftheCMVpromoter.Theluciferasegeneiswithintheprimarymultiplecloningsite.
PromoterExpressionLevel:ThisplasmidcontainsthemammalianCMVpromotertodrivegeneexpression.WehavetestedallofourmammalianpromotersinarangeofcelltypesandCMVisconsistentlythestrongestinthosewehavestudied.HowevertherearemanyreportsoftheCMVpromoterdemonstratingsilencingbymethylationinlong-termculture.ForthisreasonwestockarangeofotherpromotersthatarecompatIBLewiththisplasmidandareavailableonrequest.
SequenceandMap:
OtherInfo:
TranscriptionTermination:Thisplasmidcontainsthreealternativetranscriptionterminatorsformammalianbacterialandbacteriophage(T7)expression.Thismeansthatonlythepromoterneedstobechangedtoaltertheexpressionsystemyouareusing.Wesellmultiplepromotersthatcanbeusedineachofthesesystems.Thepresenceofeachterminatordoesnotreduceexpressioninthealternativesystems.
Cloning:
Cloninginagene:Thisplasmidcontainsagenewithinthemainmultiplecloningsite(NotI-ClaI).Anyplasmidthatwesellwherethegeneisthisconfigurationwillbelocatedintheexactsamepositioninrelationtothestartandstopcodonofthegene.TheonlyexceptionstothisrulearefusionsproteinswherethefusiongenemaybepositionedatthefrontorendoftheMCStoallowgenefusion.
Bypositioningallofourgenesinthesamelocationitallowsthemtobetransferredbetweenplasmidsusingthesamecloningmethodandrestrictionsitesregardlessoftheplasmidbeingusedfromourproductrange.Insertinganewgeneintothisplasmidshouldbeeasilypossibleusingarangeofstandardrestrictionenzymesitesthatflankthegenecurrentlyinthevector.
Multiplecloningsitenotes:InthemultiplecloningsitetherearetwoimportantrestrictionsitescalledBsgIandBseRIsites.ThesesitesbothcuttheDNAatthesamepositionandcleavethestopcodonofthegeneinthemultiplecloningsiteinthisplasmidtherebyproducingaTAoverhang.Thisoverhangiscompatiblewithanyofourpeptideorreporterfusiontagplasmidsalsocutwitheitheroftheseenzymes.ThisallowsseamlessC-terminalfusionstobemadewiththegeneinthismultiplecloningsiteusingasinglecloningstepfromourC-terminalpeptideandreportertagproductrange.NormallytheeasiestmethodistoclonetheC-terminaltagfromourotherplasmidproductsintothisplasmidusingBsgIorBseRIandthedownstreamClaIrestrictionsite.
BseRIandBsgIsitesarenon-palindromicandcleaveadefinednumberofbasesawayfromtheirbindingsites.Thisallowsthemtocuttheupstreamstopcodoninthegeneinthisplasmidregardlessofthegenesequence.
IPStatus:
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