Plasmids 101: E. coli Strains for Protein Expression
Type
Blog Post
Published
Feb. 10, 2015, 3:06 p.m.
...better at 30°C or room-temperature, which is accomplished by growing your culture to the desired density...previous Plasmids 101 blog, we reviewed the salient features of several popular strains of E. coli for DNA ...except ** which are K12
Strain
Resistance
Key Features
Genotype
Use
BL21 (DE3)
Basic IPTG-inducible...Denotes the presence of an additional plasmid-- make sure to maintain this by growing on appropriate media...timing is important, as you typically want to make sure your cells have first reached an appropriate density...expression. If you wait too long to induce, your culture will start collecting dead cells, and, conversely...too early as there are not enough cells in the culture to make protein.
The DE3 lysogen/T7 promoter combination...