Name: Blank Promoter Reporter Lentiviral Vector (GFP)
SKU: LV654
Price: 276.89 USD
Availability: InStock

<h2 dir="ltr">What Are Lentiviral Control &amp; Reporter Constructs?</h2>
 Rigorous experimental design requires matched controls that enter the same delivery workflow as the test construct. Lentiviral control and reporter constructs use the same vector backbones, promoters, and packaging systems as experimental vectors &mdash; ensuring observed differences between treated and control cells reflect genuine biological effects rather than artefacts of the delivery process.
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<h2 dir="ltr">What you will find:</h2>
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<li dir="ltr" aria-level="1"><a href="https://mbpinc.net/reagents/dna/cloning-services-products/lentivirus/over-expression/control/reporter/luciferase-reporter">Luciferase Reporters: </a>for reliable assay validation using selective promoter-specific vectors, fluorescent reporters, dual-reporter systems, and background control</li>
<li data-section-id="644n3l" data-start="108" data-end="253">Fluorescent Reporter Controls: GFP and RFP lentiviral vectors and viruses for monitoring transduction efficiency and transgene expression.</li>
<li data-section-id="19809zr" data-start="255" data-end="399">Blank Control Vectors &amp; Viruses: Empty lentiviral backbones for negative controls, promoter evaluation, and custom construct development.</li>
<li data-section-id="112pumm" data-start="401" data-end="569">Promoter &amp; UTR Reporter Systems:&nbsp; Reporter vectors designed for promoter activity and regulatory element analysis, including promoter and 5&prime; UTR reporter formats.</li>
<li data-section-id="1j5a9h3" data-start="571" data-end="736">Selectable Marker Controls: Control constructs with puromycin, neomycin, hygromycin, and blasticidin resistance markers for selection and workflow validation.</li>
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<h2 dir="ltr"> How to Choose Control &amp; Reporter Constructs</h2>
 Control Type Needed Empty vector controls carry only the selection marker (puromycin, blasticidin, or hygromycin resistance) without a gene of interest, providing the baseline reference for overexpression or knockdown experiments. Fluorescent Reporter Channel GFP and RFP lentiviral reporters allow real-time monitoring of transduction efficiency by flow cytometry or fluorescence microscopy, matching the experimental construct's promoter for an accurate expected-expression reference. Luciferase Reporter Pairing Firefly luciferase (P. pyralis) and Renilla luciferase (R. reniformis) are the two most commonly paired reporters; because they use different substrates (D-luciferin and coelenterazine, respectively), both signals can be measured sequentially from the same sample. Promoter-less Baseline A promoter-less dual luciferase control vector provides a no-promoter baseline against which promoter-driven reporter constructs are normalised &mdash; useful for establishing background signal levels. Vector Backbone Matching Using a matched vector backbone ensures observed differences between experimental and control cells are due to the transgene, not differences in vector, promoter strength, integration preference, or selection marker. 
<h2 dir="ltr"> Specifications Context</h2>
 Because lentiviral integration is heritable, transduced cells maintain stable reporter gene expression across cell divisions &mdash; stable luciferase or GFP reporter cell lines generated this way are widely used in drug screening, pathway activation assays, and long-term in vivo imaging. Through ABM, MBP can supply promoter-reporter lentiviral constructs covering human and mouse promoters, driving firefly luciferase or GFP expression, as plasmid DNA or pre-packaged particles. Both plasmid and pre-packaged formats are available for immediate dispatch, with institutional account pricing available for core facilities. Core facilities managing reporter constructs across multiple research groups often standardise on a small set of validated control vectors to simplify inventory and ensure consistency across projects.&nbsp; 
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Blank Promoter Reporter Lentiviral Vector (GFP)

LV654 by Applied Biological Materials is a 1.0 µg lentiviral promoter reporter control plasmid with GFP but no upstream promoter. Establishes the zero-promoter baseline for GFP-based promoter reporter experiments. Matched blank control for CMV and custom promoter reporter studies. Requires lentiviral packaging. Store at −20°C or below.