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pCS2-Tm2AG
(Plasmid #26773)

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Item Catalog # Description Quantity Price (USD)
Plasmid 26773 Standard format: Plasmid sent in bacteria as agar stab 1 $85

Backbone

  • Vector backbone
    pCS2
  • Backbone size w/o insert (bp) 4000
  • Vector type
    Mammalian Expression

Growth in Bacteria

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

Gene/Insert

  • Gene/Insert name
    TdTomato-2A-H2BGFP-SV40pA
  • Alt name
    membrane red
  • Alt name
    histone GFP
  • Species
    Aequorea victoria, Discosoma sp
  • Insert Size (bp)
    3233
  • Mutation
    mutation in 2A peptide that renders it non-functional (so the TdTomato and H2BGFP do not form two separate proteins, but remain fused)

Cloning Information

  • Cloning method Restriction Enzyme
  • 5′ cloning site XhoI (not destroyed)
  • 3′ cloning site NotI (not destroyed)
  • 5′ sequencing primer SP6
  • 3′ sequencing primer M13 rev
  • (Common Sequencing Primers)

Resource Information

  • Addgene Notes
  • A portion of this plasmid was derived from a plasmid made by
    Shahragim Tajbakhsh, Roger Tsien and Sean Megason

Terms and Licenses

Trademarks:
  • Zeocin® is an InvivoGen trademark.
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:

    pCS2-Tm2AG was a gift from Shankar Srinivas (Addgene plasmid # 26773 ; http://n2t.net/addgene:26773 ; RRID:Addgene_26773)
  • For your References section:

    Use of the viral 2A peptide for bicistronic expression in transgenic mice. Trichas G, Begbie J, Srinivas S. BMC Biol. 2008 . 6():40. 10.1186/1741-7007-6-40 PubMed 18793381