Thermo Scientific™ pTK-Gaussia-Dura Luc Vector for Luciferase Assays

Thermo Scientific™ pTK-Gaussia-Dura Luc Vector for Luciferase Assays

The Thermo Scientific pTK-Gaussia-Dura Luc vector is a derivative of pMCS-Gaussia-Dura Luc. It contains a mutant form of the Gaussia luciferase gene (conferring better bioluminescent signal stability than the native luciferase) under the control of the weak Herpes Simplex Virus (HSV) thymidine kinase (TK) promoter. This constitutive expression vector can be used as a normalization control to account for experimental variation in combination with other reporters.

Features

• Weak (TK) constitutive promoter for co-transfection and normalization
• Naturally-secreting Gaussia-Dura luciferase gene, optimized for high expression and glow-stability in mammalian systems
• Multiple cloning site (MCS) provides versatility for transfer of regulatory elements from one plasmid to another
• Transcription termination site (Ter), Lac operator (Lac O1), and transcriptional pause site (TPS) used to minimize background by reducing transcriptional read-through
• Both puromycin (Pur) and ampicillin (Amp) markers for drug selection in mammalian and bacterial cells, respectively
• High-copy pUC bacterial DNA replication origin