Plasmids 101: Screens vs. Selections
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...culture cells in the drug of interest at a lethal dose for non-manipulated cells and then assay cells which...selection, you might put cells into a drug-containing media in which only cells which can tolerate the ...considering either a cellular screen or a selection. A selection is a process in which only cells with the trait... – that is, you are not specifically looking at cells that can survive. Instead, all manipulations are...off. For a screen, you would individually treat cells with many different drugs and then perform an assay...manipulating or mutagenizing a population (typically cells or small organisms) and then assaying for a functional...For example, a drug screen may be performed on a cell line possessing a patient mutation to assess how...