Research Article

BAC Modification through Serial or Simultaneous Use of CRE/Lox Technology

Table 2

Variant specificity.

LoxP spacer pairsInversionDeletionwt
171 bp240 bp360 bp

LoxP-LoxP51.7%48.3%0.0%
Loxm2-Loxm20.0%99.3%0.7%
LoxP-Loxm249.0%0.7%50.3%
Loxm2-Lox27220.0%0.0%100.0%
Loxm2-Lox51710.0%0.0%100.0%
Lox2722-LoxP0.0%0.0%100.0%
LoxP-Lox517155.2%0.0%44.8%
Lox2722-Lox51710.0%0.0%100.0%

The percentage of clones of each type product (inversion, deletion, or WT) present in a PCR band is indicated Lox spacer pairs. Inversion indicates a reaction involving the LoxP site in the pBelo BAC backbone (inverted spacer repeat) while deletions indicate a reaction between the indicated Lox pair (direct spacer repeats). Percentages are based on positives out of 144 samples.