dc.contributor.author | Markstein, M. | en |
dc.contributor.author | Pitsouli, Chrysoula | en |
dc.contributor.author | Villalta, C. | en |
dc.contributor.author | Celniker, S. E. | en |
dc.contributor.author | Perrimon, N. | en |
dc.creator | Markstein, M. | en |
dc.creator | Pitsouli, Chrysoula | en |
dc.creator | Villalta, C. | en |
dc.creator | Celniker, S. E. | en |
dc.creator | Perrimon, N. | en |
dc.date.accessioned | 2019-11-04T12:52:20Z | |
dc.date.available | 2019-11-04T12:52:20Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2008 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1061-4036 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://gnosis.library.ucy.ac.cy/handle/7/53241 | |
dc.description.abstract | A major obstacle to creating precisely expressed transgenes lies in the epigenetic effects of the host chromatin that surrounds them. Here we present a strategy to overcome this problem, employing a Gal4-inducible luciferase assay to systematically quantify position effects of host chromatin and the ability of insulators to counteract these effects at phiC31 integration loci randomly distributed throughout the Drosophila genome. We identify loci that can be exploited to deliver precise doses of transgene expression to specific tissues. Moreover, we uncover a previously unrecognized property of the gypsy retrovirus insulator to boost gene expression to levels severalfold greater than at most or possibly all un-insulated loci, in every tissue tested. These findings provide the first opportunity to create a battery of transgenes that can be reliably expressed at high levels in virtually any tissue by integration at a single locus, and conversely, to engineer a controlled phenotypic allelic series by exploiting several loci. The generality of our approach makes it adaptable to other model systems to identify and modify loci for optimal transgene expression. © 2008 Nature Publishing Group. | en |
dc.source | Nature genetics | en |
dc.source.uri | https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-41349092785&doi=10.1038%2fng.101&partnerID=40&md5=13af8ea99ec299777758a5d83221403d | |
dc.subject | article | en |
dc.subject | Female | en |
dc.subject | controlled study | en |
dc.subject | priority journal | en |
dc.subject | Gene Expression Regulation | en |
dc.subject | nonhuman | en |
dc.subject | phenotype | en |
dc.subject | gene expression | en |
dc.subject | Animals | en |
dc.subject | Molecular Sequence Data | en |
dc.subject | nucleotide sequence | en |
dc.subject | gene locus | en |
dc.subject | Cytoskeletal Proteins | en |
dc.subject | Drosophila melanogaster | en |
dc.subject | Animals, Genetically Modified | en |
dc.subject | Drosophila | en |
dc.subject | Drosophila Proteins | en |
dc.subject | Larva | en |
dc.subject | transgene | en |
dc.subject | Wing | en |
dc.subject | Receptors, Notch | en |
dc.subject | Recombination, Genetic | en |
dc.subject | Plasmids | en |
dc.subject | Chromatin | en |
dc.subject | Tissue Distribution | en |
dc.subject | Transgenes | en |
dc.subject | Attachment Sites, Microbiological | en |
dc.subject | DNA transcription | en |
dc.subject | Genome, Insect | en |
dc.subject | HSP70 Heat-Shock Proteins | en |
dc.subject | insulator element | en |
dc.subject | Insulator Elements | en |
dc.subject | luciferase | en |
dc.subject | Myogenic Regulatory Factors | en |
dc.subject | Retroviridae | en |
dc.subject | Retrovirus | en |
dc.subject | Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins | en |
dc.subject | transcription factor GAL4 | en |
dc.title | Exploiting position effects and the gypsy retrovirus insulator to engineer precisely expressed transgenes | en |
dc.type | info:eu-repo/semantics/article | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1038/ng.101 | |
dc.description.volume | 40 | |
dc.description.startingpage | 476 | |
dc.description.endingpage | 483 | |
dc.author.faculty | Σχολή Θετικών και Εφαρμοσμένων Επιστημών / Faculty of Pure and Applied Sciences | |
dc.author.department | Τμήμα Βιολογικών Επιστημών / Department of Biological Sciences | |
dc.type.uhtype | Article | en |
dc.description.notes | <p>Cited By :231</p> | en |
dc.source.abbreviation | Nat.Genet. | en |
dc.contributor.orcid | Pitsouli, Chrysoula [0000-0003-4074-9684] | |
dc.gnosis.orcid | 0000-0003-4074-9684 | |