Plasmids 101: CcdB - The Toxic Key to Efficient Cloning
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...on a unique gene that makes the popular GatewayTM method possible: ccdB. But what is ccdB, what role does...it to evolve cloning technology.
CcdB: A potent toxin...
The ccdB gene, located on the F sex factor plasmid...the “swapping out” of ccdB with the investigator’s gene of interest.
CcdB resistant E. coli strains...toxic effects of CcdB. Another commercially available, CcdB-resistant strain is ccdB Survival™ from InvitrogenTM....1 or ccdB SurvivalTM, one can efficiently propagate and prep plasmids containing the ccdB gene, which...
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