Plasmids 101: Blue-white Screening
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...This post is part of our ongoing Plasmids 101 series. Plasmids 101 will provide you with an overview ...of the Plasmids 101 posts here.
Now that we have covered antibiotic selection here at Plasmids 101, we...α-complementation plasmid. This way you can quickly and easily identify colonies that not only have your plasmid (antibiotic...rescued by genes supplied on the transformed plasmid. Such plasmids may contain genes that allow for the use... able to select for colonies that contain your plasmid is a great start when cloning, but how about being...being able to choose those that contain plasmid with an insert? Blue-white selection is a widely used ...far, so good, but how does this help us screen plasmids?
Blue-white screening in the lab
Scientists discovered...