Refinement of Tools for Targeted Gene Expression in Drosophila

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2010
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Abstract
A wide variety of biological experiments rely on the ability to express an exogenous gene in a transgenic animal at a defined level and in a spatially and temporally controlled pattern. We describe major improvements of the methods available for achieving this objective in Drosophila melanogaster. We have systematically varied core promoters, UTRs, operator sequences, and transcriptional activating domains used to direct gene expression with the GAL4, LexA, and Split GAL4 transcription factors and the GAL80 transcriptional repressor. The use of site-specific integration allowed us to make quantitative comparisons between different constructs inserted at the same genomic location. We also characterized a set of PhiC31 integration sites for their ability to support transgene expression of both drivers and responders in the nervous system. The increased strength and reliability of these optimized reagents overcome many of the previous limitations of these methods and will facilitate genetic manipulations of greater complexity and sophistication.
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Authors Barret D. Pfeiffer, Teri-T B Ngo, Karen L Hibbard, Christine Murphy, Arnim Jenett, James W. Truman, Gerald M. Rubin
Journal current genetics
Year 2010
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10.1534/genetics.110.119917
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