Temporal control of cell-specific transgene expression in Caenorhabditis elegans

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作者
Bacaj, Taulant [1 ]
Shaham, Shai [1 ]
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[1] Rockefeller Univ, Lab Dev Genet, New York, NY 10021 USA
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10.1534/genetics.107.074369
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Q3 [遗传学];
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071007 [遗传学]; 090102 [作物遗传育种];
摘要
Cell-specific promoters allow only spatial control of transgene expression in Caenorhabditis elegans. We describe a method, using cell-specific rescue of heat-shock factor-1 (hsf-1) mutants, that allows spatial and temporal regulation of transgene expression. We demonstrate the utility of this method for timed reporter gene expression and for temporal studies of gene function.
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