Plasmids 101: Screening Strategies Used in Plasmid Cloning
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Blog Post
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Sept. 15, 2020, 1:15 p.m.
...the blue-white screen, which relies on the lacZ gene. lacZ encodes the enzyme 𝛽-galactosidase which can...on vectors where the gene of interest is inserted into the middle of the lacZ gene, thus disrupting 𝛽-...strains contain lacZ in their genome, and scientists have found that when a portion of the gene is deleted,...where only cells that have gained or lost a specific gene survive (ex: antibiotic resistance marker). In a...mentioned above.
In molecular biology, cloning a gene into your plasmid is often a numbers game. By using...