Plasmids 101: Using Transposons in the Lab
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Blog Post
...the transposase enzyme binds the transposon’s long terminal repeats (LTRs), induces a double-stranded break...A DNA footprint is left behind. When the transposon-transposase complex finds its target site, it integrates...surveys the genome and binds its target DNA sequence. The transposase complex binds the mini-transposon,...for integration is TA dinucleotides and it leaves behind the CAG DNA footprint from its terminal sequences...and unlike other transposons, it does not leave behind a DNA footprint sequence after excision. piggyBac...Transposons are also less likely than viral vectors to induce an immune response and are also easier and cheaper...