Plasmids 101: Choosing an Antibiotic Resistance Gene
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...division. These non-plasmid-containing bacteria can compete with and confound the goal of your experiment —...spectinomycin is the more stable and expensive antibiotic compared to streptomycin.
Spectinomycin/streptomycin can...option! Otherwise, since it isn’t universally compatible with all bacteria used in research, it isn’t ...express the Tn5 element, but thankfully, most competent cells do not express this factor. Zeocin is handy...host/plasmid DNA during selection if it’s not completely bound up. While this likely occurs at a low rate...Stability
Time Saving?
Works for multiple organisms?
Compatible with most bacteria?
No satellite colonies?
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