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V011578 | pTAL-Luc | In stock, 1 week for quality controls |
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Two tubes of lyophilized plasmid will be delivered, each tube is about 5µg.
Basic Vector Information
pTAL-Luc is designed for analyzing enhancer sequences by assaying for expression of the firefly luciferase (luc) gene from Photinus pyralis (1). This vector contains a TATA-like promoter (PTAL) region from the Herpes simplex virus thymidine kinase (HSV-TK) promoter. Putative enhancers can be inserted into one of the MCSs. The luciferase coding sequence is followed by the SV40 late polyadenylation signal to ensure proper, efficient processing of the luc transcript in eukaryotic cells. Located upstream of the MCS is a synthetic transcription blocker (TB), which is composed of adjacent polyadenylation and transcription pause sites for reducing background transcription (2). The vector backbone also contains an f1 origin for single-stranded DNA production, a pUC origin of replication, and an ampicillin resistance gene for propagation and selection in E. coli.pTAL-Luc is ideal for use as a negative control or for studying putative enhancers that are inserted upstream of the luciferase reporter gene. Luciferase is a highly sensitive enzymatic reporter that can be assayed by any standard luciferase-detection method, providing quantitative data on induction levels. The pTAL-Luc Vector can be transfected into mammalian cells by any standard method. For selecting stable clones, cotransfect with a vector containing an antibiotic resistance gene, such as neomycin, hygromycin or puromycin.
- Vector Name:
- pTAL-Luc
- Antibiotic Resistance:
- Ampicillin
- Length:
- 4956 bp
- Type:
- Promoter enhancer reporter vector
- Replication origin:
- ori
- Promoter:
- TATA-like box
pTAL-Luc vector Map
Plasmid Protocol
1. Centrifuge at 5,000×g for 5 min.
2. Carefully open the tube and add 20 μl of sterile water to dissolve the DNA.
3. Close the tube and incubate for 10 minutes at room temperature.
4. Briefly vortex the tube and then do a quick spin to concentrate the liquid at the bottom. Speed is less than 5000×g.
5. Store the plasmid at -20 ℃.
6. The concentration of plasmid re-measurement sometimes differs from the nominal value, which may be due to the position of the lyophilized plasmid in the tube, the efficiency of the re-dissolution, the measurement bias, and adsorption on the wall of the tube, therefore, it is recommended to transform and extract the plasmid before using it
General Plasmid Transform Protocol
1. Take one 100μl of the competent cells and thaw it on ice for 10min, add 2μl of plasmid, then ice bath for 30min, then heat-shock it at 42℃ for 60s, do not stir, and then ice bath for 2min.
2. Add 900μl of LB liquid medium without antibiotics, and incubate at 37℃ for 45min (30℃ for 1-1.5 hours) with 180rpm shaking.
3. Centrifuge at 6000rpm for 5min, leave only 100μl of supernatant to resuspend the bacterial precipitate and spread it onto the target plasmid-resistant LB plate.
4. Invert the plate and incubate at 37℃ for 14h, or at 30℃ for 20h.
5. Pick a single colony into LB liquid medium, add the corresponding antibiotics, incubate at 220rpm for 14h, and extract the plasmid according to the experimental needs and the instructions of the plasmid extraction kit.
pTAL-Luc vector Sequence
LOCUS 40924_42609 4956 bp DNA circular SYN 13-JAN-2022 DEFINITION synthetic circular DNA. ACCESSION . VERSION . KEYWORDS . SOURCE synthetic DNA construct ORGANISM synthetic DNA construct REFERENCE 1 (bases 1 to 4956) TITLE Direct Submission REFERENCE 2 (bases 1 to 4956) AUTHORS . TITLE Direct Submission COMMENT SGRef: number: 1; type: "Journal Article" FEATURES Location/Qualifiers source 1..4956 /mol_type="other DNA" /organism="synthetic DNA construct" CDS 226..1875 /codon_start=1 /label=luciferase /note="firefly luciferase" /translation="MEDAKNIKKGPAPFYPLEDGTAGEQLHKAMKRYALVPGTIAFTDA HIEVDITYAEYFEMSVRLAEAMKRYGLNTNHRIVVCSENSLQFFMPVLGALFIGVAVAP ANDIYNERELLNSMGISQPTVVFVSKKGLQKILNVQKKLPIIQKIIIMDSKTDYQGFQS MYTFVTSHLPPGFNEYDFVPESFDRDKTIALIMNSSGSTGLPKGVALPHRTACVRFSHA RDPIFGNQIIPDTAILSVVPFHHGFGMFTTLGYLICGFRVVLMYRFEEELFLRSLQDYK IQSALLVPTLFSFFAKSTLIDKYDLSNLHEIASGGAPLSKEVGEAVAKRFHLPGIRQGY GLTETTSAILITPEGDDKPGAVGKVVPFFEAKVVDLDTGKTLGVNQRGELCVRGPMIMS GYVNNPEATNALIDKDGWLHSGDIAYWDEDEHFFIVDRLKSLIKYKGYQVAPAELESIL LQHPNIFDAGVAGLPDDDAGELPAAVVVLEHGKTMTEKEIVDYVASQVTTAKKLRGGVV FVDEVPKGLTGKLDARKIREILIKAKKGGKIAV" polyA_signal complement(1919..2040) /label=SV40 poly(A) signal /note="SV40 polyadenylation signal" rep_origin complement(2459..3047) /direction=LEFT /label=ori /note="high-copy-number ColE1/pMB1/pBR322/pUC origin of replication" CDS complement(3221..4078) /codon_start=1 /label=AmpR /note="beta-lactamase" /translation="MSIQHFRVALIPFFAAFCLPVFAHPETLVKVKDAEDQLGARVGYI ELDLNSGKILESFRPEERFPMMSTFKVLLCGAVLSRIDAGQEQLGRRIHYSQNDLVEYS PVTEKHLTDGMTVRELCSAAITMSDNTAANLLLTTIGGPKELTAFLHNMGDHVTRLDRW EPELNEAIPNDERDTTMPVAMATTLRKLLTGELLTLASRQQLIDWMEADKVAGPLLRSA LPAGWFIADKSGAGERGSRGIIAALGPDGKPSRIVVIYTTGSQATMDERNRQIAEIGAS LIKHW" promoter complement(4079..4183) /label=AmpR promoter rep_origin 4210..4665 /direction=RIGHT /label=f1 ori /note="f1 bacteriophage origin of replication; arrow indicates direction of (+) strand synthesis" polyA_signal 4796..4844 /label=poly(A) signal /note="synthetic polyadenylation signal" misc_feature 4858..4949 /label=pause site /note="RNA polymerase II transcriptional pause signal from the human alpha-2 globin gene"