Plasmids 101: Common Lab E. coli Strains
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Blog Post
Published
Nov. 7, 2014, 2:56 p.m.
...selected the optimal promoter for your gene of interest, painstakingly cloned into the perfect empty backbone...DNA, important when trying to cut with certain restriction enzymes (ex: ClaI or XbaI)
dcm
DNA cytosine...DNA, important when trying to cut with certain restriction enzymes that are methylation sensitive.
dnaJ...plasmid maintenance, blue/white screening, partly restriction-deficient; good strain for cloning repetitive...methylated, allows for methylation sensitive restriction enzymes to cut the plasmid after preparation....