PhiC31-mediated cassette exchange into a bacterial artificial chromosome |
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Authors: | Blaas Leander Musteanu Monica Zenz Rainer Eferl Robert Casanova Emilio |
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Institution: | Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Cancer Research, Vienna, Austria. |
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Abstract: | The use of bacterial artificial chromosomes (BACs) modified via homologous recombination in Escherichia coli has become a powerful tool in the transgenic field. Homologous recombination allows the manipulation of BACs in very different ways. However this process can be cumbersome and problematic when using large targeting constructs containing several repeated elements. In order to address this problem, we have established a phiC31 integrase-mediated cassette exchange into a BAC. As an example of this technique, we have exchanged a cassette previously recombined into a BAC containing the Rosa 26 locus, by a 16.5-kb incoming construct containing several repeated elements. The combination of homologous recombination in E. coli and cassette exchange should expand the tools for manipulating BACs, thus facilitating the generation of constructs with higher complexity. |
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