Plasmids 101: CcdB - The Toxic Key to Efficient Cloning
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...cell death. ccdA, another gene found in the ccd operon, codes for the antitoxin protein (CcdA) that protects...the cell against the toxic CcdB. Cells that lose ccdA through the loss of the F plasmid, succumb to the...gene and were therefore unable to propagate because CcdA wasn’t available to counteract the toxin. If, however...strains) will also be resistant to CcdB, as the native ccdA will be present. Most common cloning strains of ...