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...restriction sites to easily assemble multiple DNA fragments. This system has been used to construct plasmids...McCormick lab generated knock-out and knock-in mutants, determined protein expression levels from different...critical for reducing Cre toxicity in long-term experiments.  Figure 4: The C-terminus of Cre (CreC...