TAEL: A zebrafish-optimized optogenetic gene expression system with fine spatial and temporal control

Development (Cambridge)

Volumn 144, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 345-355

  Reade, Anna ^a   Motta Mena, Laura B ^b,f   Gardner, Kevin H ^b,c,d   Stainier, Didier Y ^a,e   Weiner, Orion D ^a   Woo, Stephanie ^a,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^d CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^e MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HEART AND LUNG RESEARCH   (Germany)

^f Optologix Inc   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cas9; CRISPR; Endoderm; Gene expression; Nodal; Optogenetics; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

EL222 PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; NODAL SIGNALING PROTEIN; PROTEIN; SOX32 PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRISPR CAS SYSTEM; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENDODERM; GENE EDITING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION SYSTEM; GENE INDUCTION; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; ILLUMINATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ZEBRA FISH; ANIMAL; CALIBRATION; EMBRYOLOGY; GENETICS; LIGHT; NONMAMMALIAN EMBRYO; OPTOGENETICS; PROCEDURES; RADIATION RESPONSE; REPORTER GENE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STANDARDS; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL; VALIDATION STUDY;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; CALIBRATION; CRISPR-CAS SYSTEMS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, REPORTER; LIGHT; OPTOGENETICS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 85010040274     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: 14779129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.139238     Document Type: Article

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