Thus the Origami B strains combine the desirable characteristics of BL21, Tuner™ and Origami hosts in one strain background
The trxB and gor mutations are selectable on kanamycin and tetracycline, respectively; therefore, this strain is recommended for use with pET plasmids carrying the ampicillin resistance marker bla
DE3 indicates that the host is a lysogen of λDE3, and therefore carries a chromosomal copy of the T7 RNA polymerase gene under control of the lacUV5 promoter
Such strains are suitable for production of protein from target genes cloned in pET vectors by induction with IPTG
pLysS strains express T7 lysozyme, which further suppresses basal expression of T7 RNA polymerase prior to induction, thus stabilizing pET recombinants encoding target proteins that affect cell growth and viability.