Plasmids 101: Multicistronic Vectors
Type
Blog Post
Published
Sept. 9, 2014, 8:20 p.m.
...using a plasmid with multiple, individual expression cassettes, having the genes expressed from the same...genes.
Plasmid Name
Multicistronic Element
Expression Type
MSCV-IRES-EGFP
IRES
Retroviral
pMSCV-pBabeMCS-IRES-RFP... for each gene that is expressed, multicistronic vectors simultaneously express two or more separate proteins...cells that are expressing your gene of interest at high levels. Unlike vectors that express screenable or...multicistronic plasmids ensure that any cells that are positive for your marker should also be expressing your ...want to express multiple genes in the same cell. Although it is possible to drive co-expression by using... a portion of the plasmid is packaged for viral delivery, or the relative expression levels between two...