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What selection markers can I use for the generation of stable cell lines?

The most commonly used marker is the neomycin phosphotransferase (neo) gene that confers resistance to G418 to eukaryotic cells. Other markers are Puromycin, Hygromycin, Zeocin, or the HPRT gene that can be used in HPRT-deficient cells.

In stable cell line generation, I have a very high transfection efficiency, but most of my cells die during selection. Is this to be expected?

This is the normal pattern you should expect to see. Only a small proportion (1/10,000 to 1/100) of all transfected cells will integrate the transfected DNA into their genome and become stable transfectants. The remaining cells lose the transfected...

Generation of a stable cell line: A positive control plasmid works, but I cannot obtain stable clones with my construct of interest. What could be the reason?

One reason could be that your gene product is toxic to the cells. We recommend testing the construct for expression of the gene of interest by transient Nucleofection® of your cells. If the proportion of expressing cells drops between 4 and 48 hours...

How much DNA should I use in my Nucleofection® Reaction to obtain stable clones?

...Guideline for Generation of Stable Cell Lines"....

How long does it take to obtain stable transfectants?

Depending on individual cell type and doubling rate, selection of stable transfectants will take between 7 and 28 days. Expansion and characterization of single cell clones will take several weeks in addition.
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Is your pmaxGFP control vector supplied with the Nucleofector® Kits suitable for stable expression?

No. This vector is only supplied in our Nucleofector® Kits as a positive control and cannot be used for selection because it does not contain a mammalian selection marker. The only resistance gene expressed by this vector is kanamycin which is...
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How many stable clones will I get from one transfection?

This depends on the respective cell type (transfection efficiency, viability and integration frequency). If it is important to you to know the frequency of stable integrants before carrying out your actual experiments, the frequency should...
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Why is the Nucleofector® Technology ideal for protein production from stable clones ?

The generation of a stable clone often requires six months or more due to selection procedures and adaption to serum-free conditions after transfection.With the help of the Nucleofector® Technology suspension cells can be transfected directly...
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Why is the Nucleofector®Technology ideal for primary cells and difficult-to-transfect cell lines?

...is the ideal tool for primary cells, even for non-dividing cells such as neurons. In cell lines as well as primary cells, this yields gene expression shortly after transfection and in many cases transfection efficiencies of over 50% can be detected in as little...
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Following Nucleofection®, I cannot obtain stable clones from single cells. What could be the reason?

Some cell lines need certain cell densities to proliferate. For those cells you can try using conditioned medium for setting up limiting dilution or culturing single cells together with feeder cells.
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