Gene deletion has been a valuable tool for unraveling the mysteries of molecular biology.Early approaches included gene trapping and gene targetting to disrupt or delete a gene randomly or at a specific location,respe...Gene deletion has been a valuable tool for unraveling the mysteries of molecular biology.Early approaches included gene trapping and gene targetting to disrupt or delete a gene randomly or at a specific location,respectively.Using these technologies in mouse embryos led to the generation of mouse knocko ut models and many scientific discoveries.The efficacy and specificity of these approaches have significantly increased with the advent of new technology such as cluste red regula rly inters paced short palindromic repeats for targetted gene deletion.However,several limitations including unwanted off-target gene deletion have hindered their widespread use in the field.Crerecombinase technology has provided additional capacity for cell-specific gene deletion.In this review,we provide a summary of currently available literature on the application of this system for targetted deletion of neuronal genes.This article has been constructed to provide some background info rmation for the new trainees on the mechanism and to provide necessary information for the design,and application of the Cre-recombinase system thro ugh reviewing the most f requent promoters that are currently available for genetic manipulation of neuro ns.We additionally will provide a summary of the latest technological developments that can be used for targeting neurons.This may also serve as a general guide for the selection of appropriate models for biomedical research.展开更多
Cre site-specific recombinase-mediated DNA excision system was driven by the heat shock promoter Gmhsp17.5C. In this system, the DNA fragment with CaMV35S-GUS franked by two identical orientation loxp sites could be e...Cre site-specific recombinase-mediated DNA excision system was driven by the heat shock promoter Gmhsp17.5C. In this system, the DNA fragment with CaMV35S-GUS franked by two identical orientation loxp sites could be excised from the transgenic tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum L. cv. W38) by Cre expression under control of heat shock promoter. This transgenic system has been determined by quantitative PCR and showed Cre/lox mediated recombination efficiency. Results showed that 41% of DNA fragment with CaMV35S-GUS in the transgenic tobacco could be excised after a two-hour heat shock treatment. Based on several advantages of heat shock-inducible site-specific recombination system such as easy manipulation, sensitivity to heat shock and no background expression, it can be potentially used for inducible DNA manipulation in transgenic plant.展开更多
文摘Gene deletion has been a valuable tool for unraveling the mysteries of molecular biology.Early approaches included gene trapping and gene targetting to disrupt or delete a gene randomly or at a specific location,respectively.Using these technologies in mouse embryos led to the generation of mouse knocko ut models and many scientific discoveries.The efficacy and specificity of these approaches have significantly increased with the advent of new technology such as cluste red regula rly inters paced short palindromic repeats for targetted gene deletion.However,several limitations including unwanted off-target gene deletion have hindered their widespread use in the field.Crerecombinase technology has provided additional capacity for cell-specific gene deletion.In this review,we provide a summary of currently available literature on the application of this system for targetted deletion of neuronal genes.This article has been constructed to provide some background info rmation for the new trainees on the mechanism and to provide necessary information for the design,and application of the Cre-recombinase system thro ugh reviewing the most f requent promoters that are currently available for genetic manipulation of neuro ns.We additionally will provide a summary of the latest technological developments that can be used for targeting neurons.This may also serve as a general guide for the selection of appropriate models for biomedical research.
文摘Cre site-specific recombinase-mediated DNA excision system was driven by the heat shock promoter Gmhsp17.5C. In this system, the DNA fragment with CaMV35S-GUS franked by two identical orientation loxp sites could be excised from the transgenic tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum L. cv. W38) by Cre expression under control of heat shock promoter. This transgenic system has been determined by quantitative PCR and showed Cre/lox mediated recombination efficiency. Results showed that 41% of DNA fragment with CaMV35S-GUS in the transgenic tobacco could be excised after a two-hour heat shock treatment. Based on several advantages of heat shock-inducible site-specific recombination system such as easy manipulation, sensitivity to heat shock and no background expression, it can be potentially used for inducible DNA manipulation in transgenic plant.
