Plasmids 101: Multicistronic Vectors
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Blog Post
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Sept. 9, 2014, 8:20 p.m.
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2. A segment of the 5' nontranslated region of encephalomyocarditis...simultaneously express two or more separate proteins from the same mRNA. We've discussed promoters before so in this...expressing your gene as they are both derived from the same transcript.
Of course multicistronic vectors do ...anytime you want to express multiple genes in the same cell. Although it is possible to drive co-expression...expression cassettes, having the genes expressed from the same cassette is sometimes advantageous, particularly...produce equimolar levels of mulitple genes from the same mRNA. The term "self-cleaving" is not entirely accurate...successfully utilized 2A and IRES elements within the same multicistronic vector, effectively making a construct...