PlasmidInfo:
PlasmidInformation
ProductName:pSF-Core
ProductCode:OG1
Size(bp):3734bp
BacterialAntibioticSelection:AmpR
OriginandCompatibility:pUChighcopyderivedfrompBR322
BacterialCopyNumber:500-700percell
Promoter:
PlasmidPurpose:
Aversatilecloningplasmidbackbone.AllofourinsertsarecompatIBLewiththisplasmid.
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:
IntellectualPropertyStatusThisproductispartofourSnapFastplasmidrange,formoreinformationontheIntellectualpropertystatusofthisplasmidpleaseclickhere
