Publication Date:
1993-03-26
Description:
Molecular complementation of mutant phenotypes by transgenic technology is a potentially important tool for gene identification. A technology was developed that allows the transfer of a physically intact yeast artificial chromosome (YAC) into the germ line of the mouse. A purified 150-kilobase YAC encompassing the murine gene Col1a1 was efficiently introduced into embryonic stem (ES) cells via lipofection. Chimeric founder mice were derived from two transfected ES cell clones. These chimeras transmitted the full length transgene through the germ line, generating two transgenic mouse strains. Transgene expression was visualized as nascent transcripts in interphase nuclei and quantitated by ribonuclease protection analysis. Both assays indicated that the transgene was expressed at levels comparable to the endogenous collagen gene.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Strauss, W M -- Dausman, J -- Beard, C -- Johnson, C -- Lawrence, J B -- Jaenisch, R -- 5 F32 GM13756-02/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- 5 R35 CA44339-05/CA/NCI NIH HHS/ -- HG00198-01/HG/NHGRI NIH HHS/ -- etc. -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1993 Mar 26;259(5103):1904-7.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge 02142.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8096090" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Animals
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Blastocyst/metabolism
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Blotting, Southern
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Chromosomes, Fungal
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Collagen/*genetics
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*Gene Expression
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Gene Library
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In Situ Hybridization
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Mice
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Mice, Inbred BALB C
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Mice, Inbred C57BL
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Mice, Transgenic
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Mutagenesis, Insertional
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Polymerase Chain Reaction
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Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length
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Transfection
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
