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. 2020 May 7;3:214. doi: 10.1038/s42003-020-0939-8

Fig. 1. Salient features of pET28a, design flaws and improved designs.

Fig. 1

a Genetic elements present in pET28a include the φ10 (T7) promoter and the lac operator, as well as the translation initiation region (TIR) encompassing the Shine–Dalgarno (SD) sequence, a spacer and the first five codons of the coding sequence. b The φ10 (T7) promoter in pET28a is a truncated variant of the consensus φ10 (T7) promoter (T7pCONS). c Inclusion of the T7pCONS results in a three-fold increase in sfGFP levels. Data are presented as mean ± s.d. (n = 3). A statistically significant difference of p < 0.001 relative to pET28a (two-tailed Student’s t test) is denoted by ***.