Fig. 4.
Cre-mediated excision of the selectable marker. After Cre induction and incubation, potential Δgnp::lox72 mutants were inspected by PCR testing using primers gnp-testA and gnp-testB. Lane 1 shows DNA ladder, lane 2 was the Δgnp::cat strain. Lanes 3–11 were tested colonies, with marker-free mutants expected to generate amplicons of ∼3.2 kb