New Acoustic Reporter Genes: Ultrasound Imaging of Gene Expression
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Blog Post
Published
Jan. 24, 2023, 2:15 p.m.
...constitutively-expressed mARG plasmids driven by CMV promoters. Labs that are new to the mARG expression are advised... that, when expressed, enable cells to be visualized under ultrasound imaging. Expression of ARGs results...in bacteria, expressed poorly at body temperature (37oC) and were too burdensome to express in situ. As...that the plasmid could be maintained in the absence of antibiotics, resulting in the plasmid pBAD-bARGSer-AxeTxe...Fig. 1c).
Fig. 1: Expressing bARGSer in E. coli. (a) Plasmid diagram of pBAD-bARGSer-AxeTxe... gene expression in deep tissue. However, not unlike the first-generation bARGs, poor expression and acoustic...Increasing expression and decreasing genetic footprint
We took a cue from the native expression patterns...