Plasmids 101: The Promoter Region – Let's Go!
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April 3, 2014, 8:05 p.m.
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Read about Reporter Gene like...Once you've gotten to know what a plasmid is in general, it's time to take a look at some of its parts...origin of replication are necessary to replicate plasmids and make sure the cells maintains it. Here, we'll...the promoter, which is necessary for getting the plasmid express our gene of interest. This element is responsible.... This means that the promoter present in your plasmid backbone must to be compatible with the type of... as RNAP II promoters is commonly employed in lentiviral and retroviral constructs and we will discuss...discuss these in a future post on viral vector parts.
Promoter specificity
Aside from choosing a promoter based...