Evolution of Brainbow: Using Cre-lox for Multicolor Labeling of Neurons
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Blog Post
Published
April 24, 2015, 2:39 p.m.
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Transgenic strategies for combinatorial...most important ways to spatially and temporally control gene expression, especially in in vivo models, ... of Cre-lox. Check out our previous blog post, Plasmids 101: Cre-lox, if you need a quick primer on how...-2.1 construct can express one of four colors (n-GFP, RFP, YFP or M-CFP.) The construct contains two tandem...functionally similar to Cre-based Brainbow, but is controlled by FLP/FRT recombinase. When placed under different.... The use of AAV provides spatial and temporal control without the need for germline modification, and...