Plasmids 101: Mammalian Vectors
Type
Blog Post
Published
March 25, 2014, 3:15 p.m.
...synthetic vectors and cultured mammalian cells. Of course, these mammalian vectors must be compatible with...discernable effect on mammalian cells. In this blog post we will discuss how mammalian plasmids differ from...supplement in mammalian cell culture to suppress bacterial growth, and is not appropriate for mammalian selection...ORI) will not allow for plasmid replication in mammalian cells, for example, and a toxin that kills bacteria...for transfected cells.
Before getting into the mammalian plasmid components, it may be useful to describe...introducing genetic material (such as plasmids) into mammalian cells, a process called transfection. Transfection... and reagents vary. Plasmid transfection into mammalian cells is fairly straightforward and the resultant...