Plasmids 101: Screens vs. Selections
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...treat cells with many different drugs and then perform an assay to look at an outcome. Your scientific...libraries targeting all known genes. This is a perfect example of an unbiased, reverse screen – all known...capacity. Drug screens, on the other hand, are often performed as biased forward screens. A given panel of drugs... phenotype. For example, a drug screen may be performed on a cell line possessing a patient mutation to...