Plasmids 101: Mammalian Vectors
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Blog Post
... a bacterial origin of replication (ORI) will not allow for plasmid replication in mammalian cells, for... their bacterial counterparts, including how replication occurs and whether selection is necessary for...not used for general plasmid selection. Instead, reporter genes are often employed to easily monitor transfection...expression levels in the cells. Ideally, the chosen reporter is unique to the cell, is expressed from the plasmid...assess transfection success. GFP is often used as a reporter and we will be covering this ever-versatile fluorophore...the nuclear genome, in the absence of plasmid replication, the foreign DNA will be degraded or diluted ...always mission critical to make sure the plasmid replicates in the cell, as many of these experiments are...