Promoters active in mammalian cells (pSV40) and in plants (pNOS) permit expression in yeast of the Tn5 APH(3') II gene |
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Authors: | Lydia M Thirty-Blaise Roland Loppes |
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Institution: | Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, Department of Botany, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium |
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Abstract: | Abstract Four plasmids were constructed by associating Escherichia coli and yeast selection markers and replication origins to a structural gene coding for aminoglycoside phosphotransferase (APH(3')) controlled by different flanking sequences. We used the two bacterial genes of Tn5 (APH(3')II) and Tn903 (APH(3')I) as such and the chimeric pSVneo (APH(3')II) and pNOSneo (APH(3')II) constructs, functional in mammalian and plant cells, respectively. Yeast clones resistant to G418 were obtained with all plasmids except with that bearing the bacterial APH(3')II gene. The three plasmids harbouring the functional APH genes, however, conferred different levels of G418 resistance to yeast. |
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Keywords: | G418 resistance Yeast Eukaryotic promoter |
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