G418 Sulfate, Cell Culture Tested
MerckWhite solid. Aminoglycoside related to gentamycin that inhibits prokaryotic and eukaryotic protein synthesis. Toxic to bacteria, yeast, protozoans, helminths, higher plant, and mammalian cells. Widely used in the selection of eukaryotic expression vectors carrying the bacterial neor/kanr genes. The product of these genes, aminoglycoside 3¡ä-phosphotransferase, inactivates G418, neomycin, and kanamycin by phosphorylation. Intro…