Plasmids 101: Choosing an Antibiotic Resistance Gene
Type
Blog Post
...prevent cell death. One of the cool things about amp is that it's exclusively toxic to dividing cells. The... continuous cellular processes (e.g., protein synthesis), while amp only affects the cell wall synthesis...Check icon" %}
Spectinomycin
Excellent
No
Just bacteria
Not SHuffle cells
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Zeocin
Excellent
No
Bacteria, plants, and eukaryotes
Not Tn5-containing cells
{% icon icon_set..., penicillin, and is a beta-lactam that inhibits cell wall synthesis. The AmpR (amp resistance) gene produces...synthesis step during cell division. This is nifty because the recovery period after transformation (the dreaded...at 37 degrees) can be shortened since the plated cells will have time to produce beta-lactamase prior to...