Plasmids 101: Shuttle Vectors
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Published
May 20, 2025, 1:15 p.m.
...function in unrelated host species, even from completely different kingdoms of life. That’s convenient... for researchers who want to do experiments in complex eukaryotic cells, but would prefer to grow, clone...systems don’t always translate to eukaryotes. For example, beta-lactam antibiotics like penicillin and ampicillin...pathways shared by bacteria and eukaryotes. For example, puromycin inhibits protein synthesis across kingdoms...all depends on how the antibiotic works.
Another example is Zeocin, a DNA intercalator, which affects all...selection markers can be used across species, for example, in both S. cerevisiae and E. coli. Auxotrophic...stable mammalian cell lines, but it isn’t common for simple transfection experiments.
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