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Chapters
- 00:05Title
- 01:34Engineering of Cells with Visible Plasmids
- 05:08Visualization of Labeled DNA
- 09:33Post-acquisition Processing of Images
- 10:33Results: Visualization of Plasmids in Live Mammalian Cells
- 12:16Conclusion
A method of observing individual DNA molecules in live cells is described. The technique is based on the binding of a fluorescently tagged lac repressor protein to binding sites engineered into the DNA of interest. This method can be adapted to follow many recombinant DNAs in live cells over time.
Tags
Plasmid ReplicationLive Mammalian CellsFluorescence MicroscopyGamma-herpesvirusesEpstein-Barr VirusKaposi’s Sarcoma-associated HerpesvirusLicensed ReplicationViral ProteinCellular Replication MachineryCentromeresSouthern BlottingFluorescence In Situ Hybridization (FISH)Quantitative PCRVisualizing PlasmidsLactose Repressor ProteinLacO Sequence
