PUBLICATION
Analysis of genes and genome by the tol2-mediated gene and enhancer trap methods
- Authors
- Urasaki, A., and Kawakami, K.
- ID
- ZDB-PUB-090422-26
- Date
- 2009
- Source
- Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) 546: 85-102 (Chapter)
- Registered Authors
- Kawakami, Koichi
- Keywords
- Transposon, Tol2, Gene trapping, Enhancer trapping, Gal4-UAS, GFP
- MeSH Terms
-
- Animals
- Animals, Genetically Modified
- Crosses, Genetic
- DNA/genetics
- DNA/metabolism
- DNA Mutational Analysis/methods*
- DNA Transposable Elements*
- DNA-Binding Proteins
- Enhancer Elements, Genetic*
- Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental
- Genes, Reporter
- Green Fluorescent Proteins
- Mutagenesis, Insertional/methods*
- Rabbits
- Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins
- Transcription Factors
- Zebrafish/embryology
- Zebrafish/genetics*
- PubMed
- 19378099 Full text @ Meth. Mol. Biol.
Citation
Urasaki, A., and Kawakami, K. (2009) Analysis of genes and genome by the tol2-mediated gene and enhancer trap methods. Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.). 546:85-102.
Abstract
The Tol2 transposon system can create insertions in the zebrafish genome efficiently. By using this system, the gene trap and enhancer trap methods have been developed. The gene trap and enhancer trap constructs contain the green fluorescent protein (GFP) reporter gene or the yeast Gal4 transcription activator gene. By creating random integrations of these constructs in the genome, transgenic fish expressing the GFP gene or the Gal4 gene in specific cells, tissues or organs are generated. These fish are valuable resources for developmental biology. Especially, the Gal4-expressing transgenic fish can be used to ectopically express any gene of interest placed downstream of the Gal4 recognition sequence, UAS, and thereby allow visualization, modification or ablation of the Gal4-expressing cells. In this chapter, we will describe how the gene trap and enhancer trap screens can be performed and how the transposon insertions created by these methods can be analyzed.
Genes / Markers
Expression
Phenotype
Mutations / Transgenics
Human Disease / Model
Sequence Targeting Reagents
Fish
Orthology
Engineered Foreign Genes
Mapping