Plasmids 101: Antibiotic Resistance Genes
Type
Blog Post
...permeability
Bactericidal
10-100 ug/mL
Tetracycline
tetracyclin
Binds 30S ribosomal subunit; inhibits...Resistance to antibiotics is a widely used tool in molecular biology, yet scientists rarely stop to think...to maintain the plasmid. Adding an antibiotic resistance gene to the plasmid solves both problems at once...pressure to keep your plasmid. Viva la (bacterial) resistance!
What are antibiotics?
Antibiotics are generally...chromosomal level. Scientists introduce an antibiotic resistance cassette within the coding region of the gene...experiments it is best practice not to use the same resistance cassette for the mutation and for plasmid selection... Additionally, scientists can use the loss of resistance as a marker for successful cloning. In these ...