Plasmids 101: Multicistronic Vectors
Type
Blog Post
Published
Sept. 9, 2014, 8:20 p.m.
...pMSCV-pBabeMCS-IRES-RFP
IRES
Retroviral
pMSCV-IRES-YFP II
IRES
Retroviral
pCMMP-MCS-IRES-Puro
IRES
Retroviral...expressed from the same cassette is sometimes advantageous, particularly when only a portion of the plasmid... mRNA. However, some bicistronic vectors take advantage of an element called an Internal Ribosome Entry...bicistronic vectors; however, they do have some disadvantages. These elements are quite large (500-600 bp)...vector.3
2A Peptides
To overcome some of the disadvantages of the IRES element, scientists have adapted...