Plasmids 101: Cre-lox
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Jan. 13, 2015, 3:47 p.m.
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References
1. Bacteriophage P1 site-specific recombination. I. ...recombinase catalyzes the site specific recombination event between two loxP sites, which can be located either...maintained).
Translocation: If the sites are on separate DNA molecules, a translocation event is generated...important plasmid elements – promoters, origins of replication, protein tags, and antibiotic resistance markers...creating (excuse the pun) specific, targeted DNA modifications in transgenic animals, embryonic stem cells,...proteins or co-factors, thus allowing for broad applications in a variety of experiments.
LoxP (locus of ...and the canonical loxP sequence is ATAACTTCGTATA-GCATACAT-TATACGAAGTTAT. The loxP sequence does not occur...