Notch1 NICD Pathway Reporter Kit (Mouse)

Notch Pathway Reporter kit is designed for monitoring the activity of the Notch signaling pathway in cultured cells. The kit contains a transfection-ready expression vector for Mouse NOTCH1 that has a deletion of the entire extracellular domain and transmembrane region (NOTCH1 NICD). Inside the cells, the NOTCH1 NICD is constitutively localized into the nucleus without needing to be cleaved by γ-secretase. The kit also contains CSL (CBF1/RBP-Jκ) luciferase reporter vector, which is a Notch pathway-responsive reporter. This reporter contains the firefly luciferase gene under the control of multimerized CSL responsive elements upstream of a minimal promoter. The CSL (CBF1/RBP-Jκ) reporter is premixed with constitutively expressing Renilla (sea pansy) luciferase vector, which serves as an internal positive control for transfection efficiency._x000D_The kit also includes a non-inducible firefly luciferase vector premixed with constitutively-expressing Renilla luciferase vector as a negative control. The non-inducible luciferase vector contains a firefly luciferase gene under the control of a minimal promoter, but without any additional response elements. The negative control is critical for determining pathway specific effects and background luciferase activity._x000D_This kit contains the expression vector for Mouse Notch1 NICD, which does not require γ-secretase processing to become active. We also offer the Mouse Notch1DE expression vector (BPS Bioscience #60509), as well as a Human Notch1DE expression vector (BPS Bioscience #79503), which are dependent on γ-secretase activity to become active.