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The CAG promoter is a combination of the cytomegalovirus (CMV) early enhancer element and chicken beta-actin promoter.[1] The CAG promoter is frequently used to drive high levels of gene expression in mammalian expression vectors.

References

  1. ^ Alexopoulou AN, Couchman JR, and Whiteford JR. The CMV early enhancer/chicken beta actin (CAG) promoter can be used to drive transgene expression during the differentiation of murine embryonic stem cells into vascular progenitors. BMC Cell Biology 9: 2, 2008, PMID 18190688.