Description:
The pCMV-CLuc Control Plasmid is a mammalian expression vector that encodes the secreted luciferase from the Ostracod Cypridina noctiluca as a reporter, under the control of the constitutive CMV (cytomegalovirus) promoter. Cypridina luciferase (CLuc) is a 62 kDa protein with a native signal peptide at the N-terminus that allows it to be secreted from mammalian cells (1). Because it is secreted CLuc can be detected in the culture medium of mammalian cells expressing the reporter gene. A neomycin resistance gene under the control of an SV40 promoter allows selection for stable integration of the plasmid into the mammalian cell genome using G418.
Recommended sequencing primers for pCMV-CLuc 2 Control Plasmid (not available from NEB)
T7 Universal Primer (20-mer)
TAATACGACTCACTATAGGG (863-882)
pBasic Reverse Primer (25-mer)
TCAGAAGCCATAGAGCCCACCGCAT (2732-2708)
CLuc 3´ End Forward Primer (23-mer)
GAGTTCAAGAAAGAATGCTACAT (2515-2537)
CLuc 5´ End Reverse Primer (24-mer)
GTAAGGACAGTCCTGGCAATGAAC (987-964