PlasmidInfo:
PlasmidInformation
ProductName:pSF-MinCMV-Blast
ProductCode:OG583
Size(bp):4159bp
BacterialAntibioticSelection:KanR
OriginandCompatibility:pUChighcopyderivedfrompBR322
BacterialCopyNumber:500-700percell
Promoter:MinimalCMV(Cytomegalovirus)promoter
PlasmidPurpose:
HeretheblasticidinresistancegeneisundertranscriptionalregulationoftheminimalCMVpromotergivingonlylowlevelexpressioninmostmammaliancells.Expressionoftheresistancegenecanberegulatedbyinsertingadditionalregulatorycomponentsupstreamofthepromoterusingaspecially-positionedMCSforexamplesitesthatrespondtospecifictranscriptionfactorsortoexternally-applieddrugssuchasdoxycycline.Inthiswaysophisticatedconstructscanbepreparedthatprovideblasticidinresistanceonlyundercertainpre-definedconditions.
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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