No, there is no alternative, kanamycin for selection in bacteria and neomycin for selection in mammalian cells ...
You have to read the the plasmid chart to know the structure and the selective antibiotic for bacteria and for the cells
Though Kanamycin and Vancomycin both commonly used antibiotics both of them can not be used in this case as you plasmid is clearly Kan-resistant. Kanamycin interacts with the 30S subunit of prokaryotic ribosomes resulting to substantial amounts of mistranslation and indirectly inhibits translocation during protein synthesis. Vancomycin acts by inhibiting proper cell wall synthesis in gram-+ve bacteria. Due to the different mechanism by which gram--ve bacteria produce their cell walls and the various factors related to entering the outer membrane of gram-negative organisms, vancomycin is not active against gram-negative bacteria except a few species.
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