Plasmids 101: Choosing an Antibiotic Resistance Gene
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Blog Post
Published
Oct. 10, 2023, 1 p.m.
...expressing a protein that directly binds to zeocin, preventing it from binding DNA. Zeocin is an all-in-one ...a way to produce more of the plasmid, isolate individual plasmids, or express a gene contained in a plasmid...member of the bleomycin family of antibiotics, which induce cell death by intercalating into DNA and generating...genotoxic when not 100% inhibited, meaning it will induce mutations in the host/plasmid DNA during selection...the Sh ble gene does not fully suppress Zeocin-induced DNA cleavage in human cells. Mutagenesis, 20(2)...