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We generated a mouse model that enables conditional ablation of PR function in a spatiotemporal specific manner. Exon 2 of the murine PR gene was floxed to generate a conditional PR allele (PR(flox)) in mice. Crossing the PR(flox/flox) mouse with the ZP3-cre transgenic demonstrated that the PR(flox)...
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PMID: 20029965
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We generated transgenic mouse line C57BL/6-Tg(Hspa2-cre)1Eddy/J (Hspa2-cre), which expresses cre-recombinase under the control of a 907-bp fragment of the heat shock protein 2 (Hspa2) gene promoter. Transgene expression was determined using Gt(ROSA)26Sor(tm1Sor)/J (ROSA26) and Tg(CAG-Bgeo/GFP)21Lbe/...
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PMID: 20027617
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I have examined the feasibility of the use of phiC31 integrase for intramolecular recombination strategies in zebrafish embryos. I report here that (1) phiC31 integrase is functional in zebrafish cells, (2) phiC31 integrase can excise a transgene cassette flanked by an attB and an attP site, analogo...
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PMID: 20094996
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Nathalie Dhomen,
Silvy Da Rocha Dias,
Robert Hayward,
Lesley Ogilvie,
Douglas Hedley,
Veronique Delmas,
Afshan McCarthy,
Deborah Henderson,
Caroline J Springer,
Catrin Pritchard,
Lionel Larue and
Richard Marais
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We recently demonstrated that expression of (V600E)Braf in mature mouse melanocytes induces melanoma. Here, we show that expression of (V600E)Braf using the tyrosinase promoter leads to an unexpected embryonic lethality, with the animals dying before, at, or shortly after birth. The mice suffer from...
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PMID: 20002887
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We therefore conducted an extensive in silico study of class 1 integron sequences in order to assess the distribution of Pc variants. We also measured these promoters' strength by means of transcriptional reporter gene fusion experiments and estimated the excision and integration activities of the d...
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PMID: 20066027
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We describe a method for the highly efficient and precise targeted modification of gene trap loci in mouse embryonic stem cells (ESCs). Through the Floxin method, gene trap mutations were reverted and new DNA sequences inserted using Cre recombinase and a shuttle vector, pFloxin. Floxin technology i...
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PMID: 19966808
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We demonstrate the use of an adenovirus containing the Cre recombinase gene to infect primary mouse embryonic fibroblasts (MEFs) obtained from embryos containing a floxed Rac1 allele. Our rationale for selecting Rac1 MEFs for our experiments is that clear morphological changes can be seen upon delet...
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PMID: 20864926
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Lentiviral vectors are a powerful tool for gene transfer into target cells in vitro and in vivo. However, there are concerns about safety with regard to their use in gene transfer protocols because of insertional mutagenesis following viral infection. Once in the target cells, and in addition to the...
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PMID: 20225038
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Integrons gained great interest due to their participation in resistance gene recruitment and expression. Their basic structure includes a fragment that encodes an integrase (intI) followed by a recognition sequence (attI) into which they may incorporate gene cassettes (encoding resistance mechanism...
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PMID: 20461298
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Linda Madisen,
Theresa A Zwingman,
Susan M Sunkin,
Seung Wook Oh,
Hatim A Zariwala,
Hong Gu,
Lydia L Ng,
Richard D Palmiter,
Michael J Hawrylycz,
Allan R Jones,
Ed S Lein and
Hongkui Zeng
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We have generated a set of Cre reporter mice with strong, ubiquitous expression of fluorescent proteins of different spectra. The robust native fluorescence of these reporters enables direct visualization of fine dendritic structures and axonal projections of the labeled neurons, which is useful in...
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PMID: 20023653
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We therefore evaluated the utility of Real-Time PCR to measure 1lox/2lox allele ratios.
We show that SYBR Green based Real-Time PCR analysis of 1lox/2lox allele ratios can generate erroneous peaks in the melting curve that are possibly caused by alternate hybridization products promoted by the palin...
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PMID: 20950424
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In this study, we investigated the potential benefits of overall MEF2 inhibition in a mouse model of chronic pressure overloading, by subjecting transgenic mice expressing a dominant negative form of MEF2 (DN-MEF2 Tg) in the heart, to transverse aortic constriction (TAC). Histological analysis revea...
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PMID: 20023039
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Using ES cells, we compared six RE mutant lox sites, focusing on their recombination efficiency with lox71. All of the RE mutant lox sites showed similar recombination efficiency. We then analyzed the stability of the recombined product, i.e., the LE+RE double mutant lox site, under continuous and s...
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PMID: 20356367
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We developed a method for delivering RU486, the conditional activator of Cre recombinase progesterone receptor (CrePR) fusion proteins to the lung and then examined the activity of three keratin-driven CrePR constructs in the conducting airways. We also developed a technique for survival bronchioalv...
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PMID: 20140084
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The system established in this study allows us to express an N-terminal epitope tagged gene from its own endogenous promoter in Tetrahymena....
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PMID: 20626890
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We describe recombination-induced tag exchange (RITE), a genetic method that induces a permanent epitope-tag switch in the coding sequence after a hormone-induced activation of Cre recombinase. The time-controlled tag switch provides a unique ability to detect and separate old and new proteins in ti...
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PMID: 20018668
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We have developed a fast and efficient site-specific system of integrative recombination into the P. falciparum genome, which is catalyzed by the mycobacteriophage Bxb1 serine integrase. This system has the advantage of providing greater genetic and phenotypic homogeneity within transgenic lines as...
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PMID: 20676977
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We correlate infectivity defects in transportin 3 knockdown cells with in vitro protein binding affinities for an expanded set of retroviruses that include simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV), bovine immunodeficiency virus (BIV), equine infectious anemia virus (EIAV), feline immunodeficiency virus (...
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PMID: 19846519
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We deleted ephrin-B2 in Nav1.8+ nociceptive sensory neurons with the Cre-loxP system. Sensory neuron numbers and terminals were examined using neuronal makers. Pain behavior in acute, inflammatory and neuropathic pain models was assessed in the ephrin-B2 conditional knockout (CKO) mice. We also inve...
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PMID: 21059214
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We deleted ephrin-B2 in Nav1.8+ nociceptive sensory neurons with the Cre-loxP system. Sensory neuron numbers and terminals were examined using neuronal makers. Pain behavior in acute, inflammatory and neuropathic pain models was assessed in the ephrin-B2 conditional knockout (CKO) mice. We also inve...
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PMID: 21059214
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We therefore conducted an extensive in silico study of class 1 integron sequences in order to assess the distribution of Pc variants. We also measured these promoters' strength by means of transcriptional reporter gene fusion experiments and estimated the excision and integration activities of the d...
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PMID: 20066027
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Abstract
We therefore conducted an extensive in silico study of class 1 integron sequences in order to assess the distribution of Pc variants. We also measured these promoters' strength by means of transcriptional reporter gene fusion experiments and estimated the excision and integration activities of the d...
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PMID: 20066027
PDF is available here.
Abstract
We therefore conducted an extensive in silico study of class 1 integron sequences in order to assess the distribution of Pc variants. We also measured these promoters' strength by means of transcriptional reporter gene fusion experiments and estimated the excision and integration activities of the d...
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PMID: 20066027
PDF is available here.