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. 2002 Nov 1;30(21):e113. doi: 10.1093/nar/gnf112

Table 1. Plasmids used and constructed in this study.

Plasmid Description Reference or source
pcDNA3.1/V5-His TOPO Mammalian expression vector Invitrogen, Carlsbad, CA
pcDNA3 Mammalian expression vector vector Invitrogen, Carlsbad, CA
pcDNA3-VEGF121 pcDNA3 encoding human VEGF121 Weber, unpublished
pCF10 Dual-regulated expression vector Fux and Fussenegger, submitted for publication
pEF4/MycHisB Expression vector containing the human elongation factor 1α promoter (PEF1α ) Invitrogen, Carlsbad, CA
pEYFP-C1 Expression vector encoding the enhanced yellow fluorescent protein under control of PhCMV Clontech, Palo Alto, CA
PMSCVneo Retroviral expression vector derived from the murine embryonic stem cell virus Grez et al., 1990
PLPCX Retroviral expression vector derived from the Moloney MLV (MoMuLV) and Moloney murine sarcoma virus (MoMuSV) Miller and Rosman, 1989
pNL-EGFP Lentiviral expression vector (5′LTR-ψ+-oriSV40-cPPT-RRE-3′LTR) Mochizuki et al., 1998
pNL-EGFPΔU3 pNL-EGFP containing an EcoRV/PvuII deletion in the U3 region of the 3′LTR eliminating any enhancers (5′LTR-ψ+-oriSV40-cPPT-RRE-3′LTRΔU3) Reiser et al., unpublished
pSS173 Mammalian expression vector encoding the human placental SEAP Schlatter et al., 2002
pWW85 Triple-fluorescent expression vector encoding ECFP, RFP and EYFP Weber et al., 2002
pWW265 VEGF121 was excised from pcDNA-VEGF121 by HindIII/SpeI and ligated into the corresponding sites (HindIII/SpeI) of pCF10 (PhCMV-VEGF121-pA) Weber et al., unpublished
pTRIDENT1 Tricistronic mammalian expression vector harboring a tetracycline-responsive, PhCMV*-1-driven expression unit (PhCMV*-1-MCSI-IRESI-MCSII-IRESII-MCSIII-pA) (pMF125) Fussenegger et al., 1998
pTRIDENT3 Tricistronic mammalian expression vector harboring a tetracycline-responsive, PhCMV*-1-driven expression unit (PhCMV*-1-MCSI-IRES-MCSII-CITE*-MCSIII-pA) (pMF122) Fussenegger et al., 1998
pMF201 Dual-regulated expression vector encoding EYFP and ECFP Fussenegger et al., 2000
pMF242 pcDNA3.1/V5-His TOPO encoding mouse erythropoietin (mEPO) Fussenegger et al., 2000
pMF320 PEF1α was amplified from pEF4/MycHisB by OMF164/OMF165 and cloned in antisense orientation into pcDNA.3.1/V5-His TOPO This work
pMF351 PhCMV-EYFP was amplified from pEYFP-C1 with OMF179/OMF180 and cloned as HpaI/KpnI fragment into the corresponding sites (HpaI/KpnI) of pNL-EGFPΔU3 (5′LTR-ψ+-oriSV40-cPPT-RRE-MCSI-PhCMV-EYFP-MCSII-3′LTRΔU3) This work
pMF352 U3 was amplified from pNL-EGFPΔU3 using OMF183/OMF184 and cloned into pcDNA3.1/V5-His TOPO. The U3 fragment contains a SbfI site This work
pMF353 R-U5-ψ+-SD was amplified from pNL-EGFPΔU3 using OMF185/OMF186 and cloned into pcDNA3.1/V5-His TOPO This work
pMF355 PPT-3′LTRΔU3 was amplified from pNL-EGFPΔU3 using OMF189/OMF190 and cloned into pcDNA3.1/V5-His TOPO This work
pMF356 The PhCMV-EYFP cassette of pMF351 was excised by NotI and the backbone religated (5′LTR-ψ+-oriSV40-cPPT-RRE-MCS-3′LTRΔU3) This work
pMF357 U3 was excised from pMF352 by XhoI/SrfI and cloned into the corresponding sites (XhoI/SrfI) of pTRIDENT1 This work
pMF358 R-U5-ψ+-SD was excised from pMF353 by SrfI/SwaI and cloned into the corresponding sites (SrfI/SwaI) of pMF357 This work
pMF358x R-U5-ψ+-SD was excised from pMF376 by SrfI/SwaI and cloned into the corresponding sites (SrfI/SwaI) of pMF357 This work
pMF359 PEF1α was excised from pMF320 by EcoRV/XmaI and cloned into the corresponding sites (HpaI/XmaI) of pMF356 (5′LTR-ψ+-oriSV40-cPPT-RRE-PhEF1α-MCS-3′LTRΔU3) This work
pMF360 cPPT-RRE-SA was excised from pMF375 by SwaI/MluI and cloned into the corresponding sites (SwaI/MluI) of pMF358 This work
pMF360x cPPT-RRE-SA was excised from pMF375 by SwaI/MluI and cloned into the corresponding sites (SwaI/MluI) of pMF358x This work
pMF363 PhCMV was excised from pLPCX using StuI/EcoRI and cloned into the compatible sites (HpaI/EcoRI of pMF356 (5′LTR-ψ+-oriSV40-cPPT-RRE-PhCMV-MCS-3′LTRΔU3) This work
pMF365 EYFP was excised from pMF201 by EcoRV/SpeI and ligated to the compatible sites (SmaI/SpeI) of pMF359 (5′LTR-ψ+-oriSV40-cPPT-RRE-PhEF1α-EYFP-3′LTRΔU3) This work
pMF371 ECFP was excised from pMF201 by EcoRI/NotI and ligated to the corresponding sites (EcoRI/NotI) of pMF363 (5′LTR-ψ+-oriSV40-cPPT-RRE-PhCMV-ECFP-3′LTRΔU3) This work
pMF375 cPPT-RRE-SA was amplified from pNL-EGFPΔU3 using OMF191/OMF192 and cloned into pcDNA3.1/V5-His TOPO This work
pMF376 R-U5-ψ+-SD was amplified from pNL-EGFPΔU3 using OMF185/OMF193 and cloned into pcDNA3.1/V5-His TOPO This work
pMF378 OriSV40 was amplified from pNL-EGFPΔU3 using OMF195/OMF196 and cloned into pcDNA3.1/V5-His TOPO This work
pMF388 The 5′LTR-ψ+-oriSV40-cPPT-RRE-MCS-3′LTRΔU3 was amplified from pMF356 by OMF199/OMF200 and cloned as AatII/NheI fragment to the compatible sites (AatII/XbaI) of the pTRIDENT1 backbone (5′LTR-ψ+-oriSV40-cPPT-RRE-MCS-3′LTRΔU3) This work
pMF394 PhCMV-EYFP was excised from pMF351 using HpaI/KpnI and cloned into the corresponding sites (HpaI/KpnI) of pMF388 (5′LTR-ψ+-oriSV40-cPPT-RRE-PhCMV-EYFP-3′LTRΔU3) This work
pMF402 PPT-3′LTRΔU3 was excised from pMF355 by MluI/XbaI and cloned into the corresponding sites (MluI/XbaI) of pMF360 This work
pBM1 The ECFP-IRESI-RFP cassette was excised from pWW85 by EcoRI/AscI and cloned into the corresponding sites of pLentiTRIDENT2 (EcoRI/AscI) 5′LTR-ψ+-oriSV40-cPPT-RRE-PhCMV-ECFP-IRESI-RFP-IRESII-MCSIII-3′LTRΔU3 This work
pBM6 The PPGK-neo cassette was amplified from pMSCVneo using OBM1/OBM2 and cloned in sense orientation into pcDNA3.1/V5-His TOPO This work
pMB7 PEF1α was excised from pMF320 using EcoRV/XmaI and cloned into the compatible sites (HpaI/XmaI) of pMF388 (5′LTR-ψ+-oriSV40-cPPT-RRE-PhEF1α-MCS-3′LTRΔU3) This work
pBM8 The PPGK-neo cassette was excised from pBM6 by PacI/MluI and cloned into the corresponding sites (PacI/MluI) of pMF356 (5′LTR-ψ+-oriSV40-cPPT-RRE-MCSI-PPGK-neo-MCSII-3′LTRΔU3) This work
pBM9 The PPGK-neo cassette was excised from pBM6 by PacI/MluI and inserted into the corresponding sites (PacI/MluI) of pMF359 (5′LTR-ψ+-oriSV40-cPPT-RRE-PEF1α-MCSI-PPGK-neo-MCSII-3′LTRΔU3) This work
pBM13 The PPGK-neo cassette was excised from pBM6 using PacI/MluI and cloned into the corresponding sites (PacI/MluI) of pMF388 (5′LTR-ψ+-oriSV40-cPPT-RRE-MCSI-PPGK-neo-MCSII-3′LTRΔU3) This work
pBM14 The PPGK-neo cassette was excised from pBM6 using PacI/MluI and cloned into the corresponding sites (PacI/MluI) of pBM7 (5′LTR-ψ+-oriSV40-cPPT-RRE-PEF1α-MCSI-PPGK-neo-MCSII-3′LTRΔU3) This work
pBM40 EYFP was excised from pLentiModule4 by NheI/MluI and cloned into the compatible sites (SpeI/MluI) of pBM7 (5′LTR-ψ+-oriSV40-cPPT-RRE-PhEF1α-EYFP-3′LTRΔU3) This work
pBM42 mEPO was excised from pMF242 by EcoRI/EcoRV and cloned into the compatible sites (EcoRI/PmeI) of pMF359 (5′LTR-ψ+-oriSV40-cPPT-RRE-PhEF1α-EPO-3′LTRΔU3) This work
pBM43 VEGF121 was excised from pWW265 by SalI/MluI and ligated into the corresponding sites (SalI/MluI) of pMF359 (5′LTR-ψ+-oriSV40-cPPT-RRE-PhEF1α-VEGF121-3′LTRΔU3) This work
pBM44 SEAP was excised from pSS173 by EcoRI/EcoRV and ligated into the compatible sites (EcoRI/PmeI) of pMF359 (5′LTR-ψ+-oriSV40-cPPT-RRE-PhEF1α-SEAP-3′LTRΔU3) This work
pLentiTRIDENT1 The MCSI-IRESI-MCSII-IRESII-MCSIII cassette was excised from pTRIDENT1 by EcoRI/BglII and cloned into the compatible sites (EcoRI/BamHI) of pMF363 (5′LTR-ψ+-oriSV40-cPPT-RRE-PhCMV-MCSI-IRESI-MCSII-IRESII-MCSIII-3′LTRΔU3) (pMF370) This work
pLentiTRIDENT2 The MCSI-IRES-MCSII-CITE*-MCSII cassette was excised from pTRIDENT3 by EcoRI/BglII and cloned into the compatible sites (EcoRI/BamHI) of pMF363 (5′LTR-ψ+-oriSV40-cPPT-RRE-PhCMV-MCSI-IRES-MCSII-CITE*-MCSIII-3′LTRΔU3) (pMF369) This work
pLentiTFT1 The triple-fluorescent expression cassette ECFP-IRESI-RFP-IRESII-EYFP was excised from pWW85 using EcoRI/MluI and cloned into the corresponding sites (EcoRI/MluI) of pLentiTRIDENT1 (5′LTR-ψ+-oriSV40-cPPT-RRE-PhCMV-ECFP-IRESI-RFP-IRESII-EYFP-3′LTRΔU3) (pMB2) This work
pLentiTFT2 EYFP was excised from pWW85 by SpeI/MluI and cloned to the corresponding sites (SpeI/MluI) of pBM1 (5′LTR-ψ+-oriSV40-cPPT-RRE-PhCMV-ECFP-IRES-RFP-CITE*-EYFP-3′LTRΔU3) (pMB3) This work
pLentiModule1 PPT-3′LTRΔU3 was excised from pMF355 by MluI/XbaI and cloned into the corresponding sites (MluI/XbaI) of pMF360x (XhoI/NruI-U31-StuI/SbfI-U32-SrfI-R-U5-ψ+-SD-SwaI-cPPT-RRE-SA-MCS-ΔU31-PmeI/HpaI/BclI-ΔU32-NdeI/NheI/SalI/XbaI) (pBM4) This work
pLentiModule2 The PhCMV-EYFP cassette was excised from pMF351 by EcoRI/MluI and cloned into the corresponding sites (EcoRI/MluI) of pLentiModule1 (XhoI/NruI-U31-StuI/SbfI-U32-SrfI-R-U5-ψ+-SD-SwaI-cPPT-RRE-SA-PhCMV-EYFP-ΔU31-PmeI/HpaI/BclI-ΔU32-NdeI/NheI/SalI/XbaI) (pBM5) This work
pLentiModule3 oriSV40 was excised from pMF378 by XbaI/NheI and cloned into the XbaI sites of pLentiModule1 (XhoI/NruI-U31-StuI/SbfI-U32-SrfI-R-U5-ψ+-SD-SwaI-cPPT-RRE-SA-MCS-ΔU31-PmeI/HpaI/BclI-ΔU32-NdeI/NheI/SalI/XbaI-oriSV40) (pBM15) This work
pLentiModule4 oriSV40 was excised from pMF378 by XbaI/NheI and cloned into the XbaI sites of pLentiModule2 (XhoI/NruI-U31-StuI/SbfI-U32-SrfI-R-U5-ψ+-SD-SwaI-cPPT-RRE-SA-PhCMV-EYFP-ΔU31-PmeI/HpaI/BclI-ΔU32-NdeI/NheI/SalI/XbaI-oriSV40) (pBM12) This work
pLentiModule5 The PhEF1α-EYFP cassette was excised from pMF365 by BamHI and ligated in sense orientation into the corresponding site (BamHI) of pLentiModule1 (XhoI/NruI-U31-StuI/SbfI-U32-SrfI-R-U5-ψ+-SD-SwaI-cPPT-RRE-SA-PhEF1α-EYFP-ΔU31-PmeI/HpaI/BclI-ΔU32-NdeI/NheI/SalI/XbaI) (pBM45) This work
pLentiModule6 The PhEF1α-VEGF121 cassette was excised from pBM43 by BamHI and ligated in sense oritentation into the corresponding site (BamHI) of pLentiModule1 (XhoI/NruI-U31-StuI/SbfI-U32-SrfI-R-U5-ψ+-SD-SwaI-cPPT-RRE-SA-PhEF1α-VEGF121-ΔU31-PmeI/HpaI/BclI-ΔU32-NdeI/NheI/SalI/XbaI) (pBM46) This work
pLentiModule7 The PhEF1α-EPO cassette was excised from pBM42 by BamHI and ligated in sense orientation into the corresponding site (BamHI) of pLentiModule1 (XhoI/NruI-U31-StuI/SbfI-U32-SrfI-R-U5-ψ+-SD-SwaI-cPPT-RRE-SA-PhEF1α-EPO-ΔU31-PmeI/HpaI/BclI-ΔU32-NdeI/NheI/SalI/XbaI) (pBM47) This work
pLentiModule8 The PhEF1α-SEAP cassette was excised from pBM44 by BamHI and ligated in sense orientation into the corresponding site (BamHI) of pLentiModule1 (XhoI/NruI-U31-StuI/SbfI-U32-SrfI-R-U5-ψ+-SD-SwaI-cPPT-RRE-SA-PhEF1α-SEAP-ΔU31-PmeI/HpaI/BclI-ΔU32-NdeI/NheI/SalI/XbaI) (pBM48) This work