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pRK5-EGFP-Tau AP
(Plasmid #46905)

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Item Catalog # Description Quantity Price (USD)
Plasmid 46905 Standard format: Plasmid sent in bacteria as agar stab 1 $85

Backbone

  • Vector backbone
    pRK5
  • Backbone manufacturer
    Clontech
  • Vector type
    Mammalian Expression

Growth in Bacteria

  • Bacterial Resistance(s)
    Ampicillin, 100 μg/mL
  • Growth Temperature
    37°C
  • Growth Strain(s)
    DH5alpha
  • Copy number
    Unknown

Gene/Insert

  • Gene/Insert name
    Tau AP
  • Alt name
    Tau
  • Alt name
    microtubule-associated protein tau
  • Alt name
    MAPT
  • Species
    H. sapiens (human)
  • Mutation
    all 14 S/P or T/P amino acid residues (T111, T153, T175, T181, S199, S202, T205, T212, T217, T231, S235, S396, S404, and S422; numbering based on the longest 441-amino acid brain isoform of htau) to alanine
  • Entrez Gene
    MAPT (a.k.a. DDPAC, FTD1, FTDP-17, MAPTL, MSTD, MTBT1, MTBT2, PPND, PPP1R103, TAU, Tau-PHF6, tau-40)
  • Promoter CMV
  • Tag / Fusion Protein
    • EGFP (N terminal on insert)

Cloning Information

  • Cloning method Restriction Enzyme
  • 5′ cloning site Cla1 (not destroyed)
  • 3′ cloning site SalI (not destroyed)
  • 5′ sequencing primer SP6
  • 3′ sequencing primer SV40pA-R
  • (Common Sequencing Primers)

Resource Information

Terms and Licenses

  • Academic/Nonprofit Terms
  • Industry Terms
    • Not Available to Industry
Trademarks:
  • Zeocin® is an InvivoGen trademark.

Depositor Comments

WT htau construct (Addgene plasmid 46904) was used as a template to make mutations and contains human four-repeat tau lacking the N-terminal sequences (4R0N) and contains exons 1, 4 and 5, 7, and 9–13, intron 13, and exon 14.

How to cite this plasmid ( Back to top)

These plasmids were created by your colleagues. Please acknowledge the Principal Investigator, cite the article in which the plasmids were described, and include Addgene in the Materials and Methods of your future publications.

  • For your Materials & Methods section:

    pRK5-EGFP-Tau AP was a gift from Karen Ashe (Addgene plasmid # 46905 ; http://n2t.net/addgene:46905 ; RRID:Addgene_46905)
  • For your References section:

    Tau mislocalization to dendritic spines mediates synaptic dysfunction independently of neurodegeneration. Hoover BR, Reed MN, Su J, Penrod RD, Kotilinek LA, Grant MK, Pitstick R, Carlson GA, Lanier LM, Yuan LL, Ashe KH, Liao D. Neuron. 2010 Dec 22;68(6):1067-81. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2010.11.030. 10.1016/j.neuron.2010.11.030 PubMed 21172610