New Acoustic Reporter Genes: Ultrasound Imaging of Gene Expression
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...transient cotransfection of the mARG plamsids into HEK293T cells using a chemical transfection reagent ...proteins. Excess gvpA plasmid added into the transfection mixture in HEK293T cells gave drastic improvement...These plasmids can be used directly in transient transfection in rtTA+ cell lines (such as HEK293-TETOn cells...they can also be integrated into the genome by cotransfecting them with a plasmid expressing PiggyBac transposase...saturate expression.
When engineering a cell line, cotransfect the mARG cassettes 2:1 (A:N-V) with PiggyBac ...reagent (e.g. PEI-MAX). Simply cotransfect a mixture of 1248 ng of CMV-gvpA-IRES-BFP plasmid and 954 ng CMV-...visible under phase contrast starting day 2 after transfection.
Fig: 2: Expressing mARGAna in MDA-MB...