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Plasmid IDPID00037
Plasmid NameIC1
Academic Cost$60
Base Pairsnot available
SourceKathleen Karrer, Marquette University, U.S.A.
PublicationsKarrer KM. 1983. Germ line-specific DNA sequences are present on all five micronuclear chromosomes in tetrahymena thermophila. Mol Cell Biol 3(11):1909-19.
Vector TypepUC18
E. coli selectionAmpicillin
Tetrahymena selectionNone
Selection cassette
Expression cassette
NotesHind III fragment of Tetrahymena micronuclear DNA cloned into the HindIII site of pBR322.

DNA sequence is repeated in the micronuclear genome, hybridizes to ~11 HindIII fragments on a Southern blot.
Sequence Filenot available
Plasmid Mapnot available