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We tested the pESC vectors by inserting the firefly luciferase gene into the MCS downstream of the GAL1 or GAL10 promoter. To compare the promoter activity under repressed and induced conditions, the luciferase gene was individually cloned in the BamH I site or the Not I site of pESC-TRP, so that the gene is under the control of the GAL1 promoter or the GAL10 promoter, respectively. Correct clones were identified by PCR using primers flanking the MCS downstream of the promoters.
The resulting constructs were designated pESC-TRP-Luc (GAL1) and pESC-TRP-Luc
(GAL10). Note that in the two constructs, the luciferase gene was not
fused to the epitope tags. These two constructs were transformed separately
into S. cerevisiae, strain YPH499, and transformants were selected
on media lacking the amino acid tryptophan (SD-TRP plates). The recovered
transformants were inoculated into selective media with glucose or galactose
as the carbon source (i.e., SD-TRP and SG-TRP, respectively). After incubating
for 16 hours, at 30C, yeast cells were collected
and lysed by vortexing with acid-washed glass beads. The cleared cell
lysate was used to measu
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