What is tetO promoter?

The TRE is made up of Tet operator (tetO) sequence concatemers fused to a minimal promoter, (commonly the minimal promoter sequence derived from the human cytomegalovirus (hCMV) immediate-early promoter). In the absence of Tc or Dox, tTA binds to the TRE and activates transcription of the target gene.

How does tetracycline inducible system work?

In the presence of tetracycline, tetracycline binds to tetR. This precludes tTA binding to the tetO sequences and subsequent increase in expression by the activation domain, resulting in reduced gene expression. This idea of a hybrid transactivator was initially used with the lac system.

How does the Pbad promoter work?

The PBAD promoter allows for tight regulation and control of a target gene in vivo. As explained above, PBAD is regulated by the addition and absence of arabinose. As tested, the promoter can be further repressed with reduced levels of cAMP through the addition of glucose.

What is DOX inducible?

The doxycycline (dox)-inducible Tet-On system is widely used to control gene expression in mammalian cells. This system is based on the bacterial Tet operon, which has been modified and improved for its function in eukaryotic cells.

Where does the transgene come from?

A transgene is a gene or a segment of DNA that is introduced into the genome of an organism. It comes from an organism especially of another species. This gene is introduced to another organism that makes the latter acquire new property or capability.

What binds to the CMV promoter?

The activation of the CMV promoter by Mekk1, on the other hand, is attributed to the proximal CRE binding site in the promoter. These findings may be of interest to investigators who use CMV (or other viral) promoter driven vectors for either comparative or quantitative gene expression, or effect on promoter activity.

Where does the CMV promoter come from?

Due to strong expression and compatibility with numerous cell types, promoters derived from the enhancer region of the cytomegalovirus (CMV) immediate early (IE) promoter are among the most common for general expression vectors.

What is tetracycline induction?

Tetracycline-controlled transcriptional activation is a method of inducible gene expression where transcription is reversibly turned on or off in the presence of the antibiotic tetracycline or one of its derivatives (e.g. doxycycline).

How do you induce a pBAD promoter?

While using pBAD promoter for protein purification, we use 0.1% arabinose for induction. You can induce at lower O.D. as well, we induce at O.D. of 0.1, and this works for everyone in our lab. Also, there’s no toxicity whatsoever.

Why doxycycline is used in cell culture?

Effects of Doxycycline Supplementation on Cultures of hNSCs and Neurons Derived from hESC/iPSCs (A and B) Doxycycline prevents apoptotic cell death induced by high concentrations of insulin (A) or low cell density (B) in hNSC cultures.