PlasmidInfo:
PlasmidInformation
ProductName:pSF-MinCMV-BetaGal
ProductCode:OG572
Size(bp):6877bp
BacterialAntibioticSelection:KanR
OriginandCompatibility:pUChighcopyderivedfrompBR322
BacterialCopyNumber:500-700percell
Promoter:MinimalCMV(Cytomegalovirus)promoter
PlasmidPurpose:
HerethebetagalactosidasegeneisregulatedbytheminimalCMVpromotermediatinglowlevelexpressionofbetagalactosidasetransgeneinabroadvarietyofmammaliancells.AnMCSupstreamoftheminimalpromoterallowssitestobeintroducedsuchastranscriptionfactor-bindingsitestoendowtissue-selectivityorresponsivenesstoexogenously-applieddrugs.Inthiswayarangeofsophisticatedreporterscanbeprepared.
PromoterExpressionLevel:ThisplasmidcontainstheminimalCMVimmediateearlypromoterwithamultiplecloningsiteimmediatelyupstreamthatallowstranscriptionfactorbindingsitestobeinserted.Thisallowstissuespecificorphysiologicallyresponsivepromoterstobecreated.
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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