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1Department of Medical Genetics, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, 200433 P.R. China. Huaixing@bigfoot.com.
Objective:
To establish a suitable model for studying the different mechanisms of mutation between expressed and non-expressed genes in mammalian cells.
Methods:
The NIH3T3 cells were transfected with the linearized pMCLacI/Neo DNAs by liposome-mediated transfection, and grew in the presence of G418. One drug resistant cell clone was selected to proliferate and to be analyzed with Southern blot and RT-PCR analyses on its genomic DNAs.
Results:
(1) Multiple copies of pMCLacI/Neo plasmid DNA were intactly integrated in the genomic DNAs of the cell clone. (2) One of lac I target genes in the integrated plasmid could be transcribed in the NIH3T3 cells while the other could not. (3) The pMCLacI/Neo plasmid DNA could be efficiently rescued from the genomic DNAs of the cell clone with the average rescue efficiency of 410 cfu/microg DNA.
Conclusion:
The NIH3T3 cell line containing copies of a stably integrated pMCLacI/Neo has been established. The two lacI target genes in the cell line could imitate the functional states of expressed and non-expressed genes in mammalian cells respectively. The cell line will be a useful model for studying the different mechanisms of mutation between expressed and non-expressed genes in mammalian cells.
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