Construction of three new Gateway® expression plasmids for Trypanosoma cruzi

We present here three expression plasmids for Trypanosoma cruzi adapted to the Gateway® recombination cloning system. Two of these plasmids were designed to express trypanosomal proteins fused to a double tag for tandem affinity purification (TAPtag). The TAPtag and Gateway® cassette were introduced into an episomal (pTEX) and an integrative (pTREX) plasmid. Both plasmids were assayed by introducing green fluorescent protein (GFP) by recombination and the integrity of the double-tagged protein was determined by western blotting and immunofluorescence microscopy. The third Gateway adapted vector assayed was the inducible pTcINDEX. When tested with GFP, pTcINDEX-GW showed a good response to tetracycline, being less leaky than its precursor (pTcINDEX).

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Main Authors: Alonso,Victoria L, Ritagliati,Carla, Cribb,Pamela, Serra,Esteban C
Format: Digital revista
Language:English
Published: Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde 2014
Online Access:http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762014000801081
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