Dual Recombining-out System for Spatiotemporal Gene Expression in C. elegans

Autor: Ming-Hai Ge, Wei Wang, Tai-Hong Wu, Xin Wen, Umar Al-Sheikh, Li-Li Chen, Sheng-Wu Yin, Jing-Jing Wu, Jia-Hao Huang, Qing-Qin He, Hui Liu, Rong Li, Ping-Zhou Wang, Zheng-Xing Wu
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: iScience, Vol 23, Iss 10, Pp 101567- (2020)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2589-0042
DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2020.101567
Popis: Summary: Specific recording, labeling, and spatiotemporal manipulating neurons are essential for neuroscience research. In this study, we developed a tripartite spatiotemporal gene induction system in C. elegans, which is based on the knockout of two transcriptional terminators (stops in short) by two different recombinases FLP and CRE. The recombinase sites (loxP and FRT) flanked stops after a ubiquitous promoter terminate transcription of target genes. FLP and CRE, induced by two promoters of overlapping expression, remove the stops (subsequent FLP/CRE-out). The system provides an ''AND'' gate strategy for specific gene expression in single types of cell(s). Combined with an inducible promoter or element, the system can control the spatiotemporal expression of genes in defined cell types, especially in cells or tissues lacking a specific promoter. This tripartite FLP/CRE-out gene expression system is a simple, labor- and cost-saving toolbox for cell type-specific and inducible gene expression in C. elegans.
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