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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
2005-7-21
pubmed:abstractText
Cre-mediated site-specific recombination has become an invaluable tool for manipulation of the murine genome. The ability to conditionally activate gene expression or to generate chromosomal alterations with this same tool would greatly enhance zebrafish genetics. This study demonstrates that the HSP70 promoter can be used to inducibly control expression of an enhanced green fluorescent protein (EGFP) -Cre fusion protein. The EGFP-Cre fusion protein is capable of promoting recombination between lox sites in injected plasmids or in stably inherited transgenes as early as 2 hr post-heat shock induction. Finally, the levels of Cre expression achieved in a transgenic fish line carrying the HSP70-EGFP-cre transgene are compatible with viability and both male and female transgenic fish are fertile subsequent to induction of EGFP-Cre expression. Hence, our data suggests that Cre-mediated recombination is a viable means of manipulating gene expression in zebrafish.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
1058-8388
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
(c) 2005 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
233
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1366-77
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2005
pubmed:articleTitle
Cre-mediated site-specific recombination in zebrafish embryos.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas, USA. thummel.1@nd.edu
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural