Plasmids 101: Multicistronic Vectors
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...adapted "self-cleaving" 2A peptides into their muliticistronic vectors. These peptides, first discovered in... of a 2A element, leading to separation between the end of the 2A sequence and the next peptide downstream...table below lists the four common 2A peptides employed by scientists. 2A cleavage is universal in eukaryotic...IRES and 2A peptides are not mutually exclusive elements. Labs have successfully utilized 2A and IRES ... these peptides are thought to function by making the ribosome skip the synthesis of a peptide bond at...cleavage with some of these peptides, no consensus has been reached on which peptide works best. Likely the...the specific genes cloned into the vector.3
2A Peptides
To overcome some of the disadvantages of the ...