Skip to main content


Follow @TetrahymenaSC

We are now shipping live cells, plasmids, genomic DNA, and media packets, although shipping may take somewhat longer than normal. Contact us with any questions.


Plasmid IDPID00024
Plasmid NamepMNBL (neo3)
Academic Cost$60
Base Pairs6589
SourceMarty Gorovsky, University of Rochester
PublicationsShang Y, Song X, Bowen J, Corstanje R, Gao Y, Gaertig J, Gorovsky MA. 2002. A robust inducible-repressible promoter greatly facilitates gene knockouts, conditional expression, and overexpression of homologous and heterologous genes in tetrahymena thermophila. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 99(6):3734-9.
Vector TypeParomomycin selection cassette–non-codon optimized
E. coli selectionAmpicillin
Tetrahymena selectionParomomycin
Selection cassette~2.5 kb of MTT1 promoter-pm, inducible promoter
Expression cassette
NotesThis is similar to pNeo3 except that a much longer region of the MTT1 promoter is included.
Sequence File pMNBL.docx
Plasmid Map