TABLE 1

Summary of cDNA constructs made as templates for producing BCRP cRNA

Construct Plasmid Features of the BCRP cRNA Produced RNA Polymerase Consensus Sequence Upstream from BCRP cDNA
I pSP64poly(A) R482T-poly(A) SP6
II pCR Blunt TOPO II Kozak-R482T-poly(A) T7
III pSD64TR 5′UTR-Kozak-R482T-3′UTR-poly(A) other BCRP forms: 5′UTR-Kozak-R482-3′UTR-poly(A) 5′UTR-Kozak-R482T/S187A-3′UTR-poly(A) 5′UTR-Kozak-R482T/S187T-3′UTR-poly(A) SP6
III- pSD64TR 5′UTR-R482T-3′UTR-poly(A) SP6
  • 5′UTR, 3′UTR, portions of the 5′- and 3′-UTR of the Xenopus laevis β-globin gene; Kozak, modified sequences proximate to the start codon, as described under Materials and Methods: Poly(A), addition of a poly(A) tail, as described under Materials and Methods.