Plasmids 101: FLEx Vectors
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...Both loxP and lox511 are recognized by Cre but lox511 sites can only recombine with other lox511 sites... the identical loxP or lox511 sites (Figure 1, bottom). Since only one loxP and lox511 site will remain...with one loxP site and one lox511 site in the same orientation, and placing the additional loxP and lox511...binds loxP sites, while FLP binds FRT sites. When a DNA sequence is flanked by target sites (floxed) in ...one wild-type pair (loxP, black arrowheads) and one mutated pair (for example- lox511, white arrowheads)...sites, not with loxP sites. Alternatively, you could use a pair of loxP sites and a pair of FRT sites and... proceed either by first utilizing the loxP sites or the lox551 sites. Regardless, the first recombination...