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Real-Time Quantification of the Effects of IS200/IS605 Family-Associated TnpB on Transposon Activity
Published on: January 20, 2023
Real-time detection of gene promoter activity: quantitation of toxin gene transcription
K Jeyaseelan1, D Ma, A Armugam
1Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, National University of Singapore, 10 Medical Drive, 119260, Singapore. bchjeya@nus.edu.sg
Abstract:
We have developed a new method for quantification of promoter activity in cell lines transfected with recombinant plasmids containing the reporter gene encoding chloramphenicol acetyl transferase (CAT) by real-time PCR. As the efficiency of transfection has a direct influence on the total mRNA produced, we have used the neomycin-resistance gene present within the same vector DNA to normalize the measurement of mRNA levels. Three promoters from genes encoding toxins (pre-synaptic neurotoxin phospholipase A(2), post-synaptic alpha neurotoxin and cardiotoxin), believed to have evolved from the same ancestor but exhibiting different promoter activities, have been employed in this study to demonstrate the feasibility and accuracy of the method in CAT gene reporter analysis.
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