Table 3.
Mu | Ty1 | |
---|---|---|
Reaction catalyzed by | MuA transposase | Ty1 virus-like particles |
Donor DNA length (kb) | 1.2 | 0.9 |
Introduction of reaction products into cells | transformation/electroporation | electroporation |
Reaction efficiency | ||
maximum reported (insertions per target) | 1/10 | 1/2.5 × 103 |
Target site duplication (bp) | 5a | 5b |
Standard reaction | ||
donor used (ng) | 18 | 100–500 |
target used (ng) | 500 | 1000 |
molar ratio of transposon to target | 1:2 | 10:1 |
Reported recovery of clones | ||
minipreps studied (no., %) | 95, 100 | 153, 100c |
double insertions/cotransformants (%) | 2 | 8 |
unknown plasmid map (%) | 0 | 3 |
no transposon (%) | 0 | <1 |
single insertion in one plasmid (%) | 98 | 88 |
Mu characteristics (this study); Ty1 characteristics (Devine and Boeke 1994).
Allet (1979); Kahmann and Kamp (1979); Mizuuchi and Mizuuchi (1993); this study.
Eichinger and Boeke (1988, 1990); Ji et al. (1993); Braiterman and Boeke (1994); Primer Island Transposition Kit Protocol (Applied Biosystems).
The numbers for the Ty1 system were calculated from Table 2 of Devine and Boeke (1994). For comparison the number of minipreps studied was adjusted to 100%