Plasmids 101: Yeast Vectors
Type
Blog Post
...within an E. coli cell, but vectors can be widely utilized across many different cell types and each one... yeast vectors?
Yeast are eukaryotes and thus contain complex internal cell structures similar to those... the yeast cell. These elements control not only the number of plasmids found in each cell, but also whether...components to allow shuttling between E. coli and yeast cells. To be useful in the lab, the vectors must contain...replication (ORI) and a means of selection in yeast cells, in addition to the bacterial ORI and antibiotic...determines plasmid copy number within the bacterial cell. Similarly, the specific ORI elements included within...plasmid) allows for 50+ copies to stably propagate per cell. The copy number of these vectors can also be controlled...