Plasmids 101: E. coli Strains for Protein Expression
Type
Blog Post
...Resistance
Key Features
Genotype
Use
BL21 (DE3)
Basic IPTG-inducible strain containing T7 RNAP (DE3)
F- ompT...Tetracycline
Arabinose-inducible expression of T7 RNAP; IPTG may still be required for expression
F- ompT lon...insoluble, or membrane proteins
T7 Express
IPTG-inducible expression of T7 RNAP from the genome;...vectors such as pQE or similar), inducible under IPTG (lac repressor on the pREP4 plasmid). Expression...promoters, which are 'inactive' until an inducer such as IPTG is added to the growth medium. Induction timing ...repressor, which is inducible by the addition of IPTG. T7 RNAP is then available to transcribe the gene...of expression exists even without the addition of IPTG. This is mostly a problem for toxic protein products...