pLVX-DsRed-Express2-C1 Vector
pLVX-DsRed-Express2-C1 Vector
This lentiviral expression vector encodes a DsRed-Express2 fluorescent protein tag. The protein is a rapidly maturing tetrameric fluorescent protein from Discosoma sp. that has minimal cytotoxicity, high solubility, and exhibits strong and stable expression in mammalian cells. Inserting a cDNA in the MCS downstream of the DsRed-Express2 coding sequence joins your protein of interest to the C-terminus of the tag, and allows the fusion protein to be tracked and studied in transduced cells. To package the vector into high-titer, replication-incompetent lentivirus, we recommend using the Lenti-X Packaging Single Shots (VSV-G) and the Lenti-X 293T Cell Line. The resulting lentivirus can then be used to transduce virtually any mammalian cell type.
Robust expression of DsRed-Express2 in mouse bone marrow hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells
Robust expression of DsRed-Express and DsRed-Express2 in mouse bone marrow hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells. Mononuclear bone marrow cells were transduced with retroviral vectors encoding DsRed-Express (Panel A), DsRed-Express2 (Panel B), or EGFP (Panel C), and fluorescent cells were sorted 87 hr later. Red and green fluorescence signals were detected using the PE and FITC filter sets, respectively. The lines represent gates defined by analyzing untransduced cells.
Lentiviral vectors with fluorescent proteins
Lentiviral vectors with fluorescent proteins. Lenti-X vectors contain sequence elements that facilitate lentiviral packaging and/or boost transgene expression, including the LTRs, packaging signal (Ψ), Rev response element (RRE), and central polypurine tract/central termination sequence (cPPT/CTS) from HIV-1; and the woodchuck hepatitis virus post-transcriptional regulatory element (WPRE). Vectors can express your protein fused at its N- or C- terminus to either a green (AcGFP1) or red (DsRed-Monomer) fluorescent protein tag, or coexpress it as a separate protein along with ZsGreen1 (shown), mCherry, or tdTomato.