PlasmidInfo:
PlasmidInformation
ProductName:pSF-CMV-ΔNcoI
ProductCode:OG3
Size(bp):4304bp
BacterialAntibioticSelection:AmpR
OriginandCompatibility:pUChighcopyderivedfrompBR322
BacterialCopyNumber:500-700percell
Promoter:Cytomegalovirus(CMV)immediateearlypromoter
PlasmidPurpose:
ThisplasmidyieldshighlevelsofproteinexpressionfromtheCMVpromoterinmammaliancellsbutitcontainsnostartcodonintheMCSunlikemostofourotherplasmids.ThisallowsyoutoinsertgenesintothedownstreamrestrictionsitesanduseyourowngenesstartcodonifrequiredtherebypreventingprematuretranslationinitiationatthestartcodonthatwaswithintheNcoIsite.
PromoterExpressionLevel:ThisplasmidcontainsthemammalianCMVpromotertodrivegeneexpression.WehavetestedallofourmammalianpromotersinarangeofcelltypesandCMVisconsistentlythestrongestinthosewehavestudied.HowevertherearemanyreportsoftheCMVpromoterdemonstratingsilencingbymethylationinlong-termculture.ForthisreasonwestockarangeofotherpromotersthatarecompatIBLewiththisplasmidandareavailableonrequest.
SequenceandMap:
OtherInfo:
TranscriptionTermination:Thisplasmidcontainsthreealternativetranscriptionterminatorsformammalianbacterialandbacteriophage(T7)expression.Thismeansthatonlythepromoterneedstobechangedtoaltertheexpressionsystemyouareusing.Wesellmultiplepromotersthatcanbeusedineachofthesesystems.Thepresenceofeachterminatordoesnotreduceexpressioninthealternativesystems.
Cloning:
CloninginaGene:Thisplasmidhasbeendesignedtobecompatiblewitharangeofcloningtechniques.Themultiplecloningsitecontainsarangeofstandardcommonlyusedrestrictionsitesforcloning.UsingthesesitesgenescanbeinsertedusingstandardcloningmethodswithDNAligase.Othermethodssuchasligaseindependentcloning(LIC)GibsonAssemblyInFusionHDorSeamlessGeneArtcanalsobeusedandbecauseallofourplasmidsarebasedonthesamebackbonethesamemethodcanbeusedforcloningintoallofourcataloguevectors.
Multiplecloningsitenotes:ThismultiplecloningsitehasbeenmodifiedtoremovethestartcodonwithintheNcoIrestrictionsite.ThiswasachievedbycleavingpSF-CMV-AmpwithKpnIfollowedbyre-circularisation.RemovingthissitealsoremovesthebuiltinShine-DalgarnositeandKozaksitefromtheMCSthiswillneedaddingtoanygeneyoucloneintoensureefficientexpression.
WithinthemultiplecloningsitethereareafewimportantsiteswithintheMCS.TheseincludetheXbaIsiteandtheBsgIandBseRIsites.TheXbaIsitecontainsastopcodon.ThisstopcodonispositionedinaspecificpositioninrelationtotheBsgIandBseRIsitesthatareimmediatelydownstream.WheneitherBseRIorBsgIcleavetheplasmidtheyproduceaTAoverhangfromthestopcodonintheXbaIsitethatiscompatiblewithallofourpeptidetagplasmidscutwiththesamesites.BseRIandBsgIsitesarenon-palindromicandcleaveadefinednumberofbasesawayfromtheirbindingsite.
IPStatus:
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