INVESTIGATION OF COELECTROPORATION AS A METHOD FOR INTRODUCING SMALL MUTATIONS INTO EMBRYONIC STEM-CELLS

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DAVIS, AC
WIMS, M
BRADLEY, A
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[1] Institute for Molecular Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Medical Center, Houston
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10.1128/MCB.12.6.2769
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Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
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071010 ; 081704 ;
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We have investigated coelectroporation as a method for introducing minor genetic changes into specific genes in embryonic stem cells. A selectable marker (neo) and a targeting replacement vector designed to insert a 4-bp insertion into exon 3 of the mouse hypoxanthine-guanine phosphoribosyltransferase (HPRT) gene were coelectroporated into embryonic stem cells and selected in G418 and 6-thioguanine (6-TG). HPRT-negative clones were obtained at a frequency of approximately 1 per 520 G418r clones. Southern analysis and the polymerase chain reaction were used to demonstrate that 3 of 36 of the 6-TG-resistant clones had the desired 4-bp insertion without any other disruption of the HPRT locus. Initial studies indicated that the other 33 6-TG-resistant clones probably resulted from the targeted intergration of a concatemer containing both the targeting construct and the selectable neo gene.
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