Plasmids 101: Using Transposons in the Lab
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Blog Post
Published
July 6, 2021, 1:28 p.m.
... transposition.
Target site: Different transposons insert at different DNA sequences or target sites....has several different applications (mutagenesis screens, transgenic animals, gene transfer). The discovery...specific locations in the genome.
References and Resources
References
Feschotte C, Pritham EJ (2007) DNA...commonly used in the lab
While there are many different types of transposons, DNA transposons are most... vectors.
Let’s take a closer look at three different transposon systems adapted for use as research...Sandoval-Villegas et al., 2021). Sleeping Beauty’s preferred target site for integration is TA dinucleotides...piggyBac, Tol2 has a weak consensus sequence for its preferred target integration site: TNA(C/G)TTATAA(G/C)TNA...