MosSCI and gateway compatible plasmid toolkit for constitutive and inducible expression of transgenes in the C. elegans germline.

Here we describe a toolkit for the production of fluorescently tagged proteins in the C. elegans germline and early embryo using Mos1-mediated single copy insertion (MosSCI) transformation. We have generated promoter and 3'UTR fusions to sequences of different fluorescent proteins yielding cons...

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Main Authors: Eva Zeiser, Christian Frøkjær-Jensen, Erik Jorgensen, Julie Ahringer
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Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
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Online Access:https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0020082&type=printable
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description Here we describe a toolkit for the production of fluorescently tagged proteins in the C. elegans germline and early embryo using Mos1-mediated single copy insertion (MosSCI) transformation. We have generated promoter and 3'UTR fusions to sequences of different fluorescent proteins yielding constructs for germline expression that are compatible with MosSCI MultiSite Gateway vectors. These vectors allow tagged transgene constructs to be inserted as single copies into known sites in the C. elegans genome using MosSCI. We also show that two C. elegans heat shock promoters (Phsp-16.2 and Phsp-16.41) can be used to induce transgene expression in the germline when inserted via MosSCI transformation. This flexible set of new vectors, available to the research community in a plasmid repository, should facilitate research focused on the C. elegans germline and early embryo.
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spelling doaj-art-d9bb8d1994164cae81eb7221599ffaad2025-08-20T02:33:57ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032011-01-0165e2008210.1371/journal.pone.0020082MosSCI and gateway compatible plasmid toolkit for constitutive and inducible expression of transgenes in the C. elegans germline.Eva ZeiserChristian Frøkjær-JensenErik JorgensenJulie AhringerHere we describe a toolkit for the production of fluorescently tagged proteins in the C. elegans germline and early embryo using Mos1-mediated single copy insertion (MosSCI) transformation. We have generated promoter and 3'UTR fusions to sequences of different fluorescent proteins yielding constructs for germline expression that are compatible with MosSCI MultiSite Gateway vectors. These vectors allow tagged transgene constructs to be inserted as single copies into known sites in the C. elegans genome using MosSCI. We also show that two C. elegans heat shock promoters (Phsp-16.2 and Phsp-16.41) can be used to induce transgene expression in the germline when inserted via MosSCI transformation. This flexible set of new vectors, available to the research community in a plasmid repository, should facilitate research focused on the C. elegans germline and early embryo.https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0020082&type=printable
spellingShingle Eva Zeiser
Christian Frøkjær-Jensen
Erik Jorgensen
Julie Ahringer
MosSCI and gateway compatible plasmid toolkit for constitutive and inducible expression of transgenes in the C. elegans germline.
PLoS ONE
title MosSCI and gateway compatible plasmid toolkit for constitutive and inducible expression of transgenes in the C. elegans germline.
title_full MosSCI and gateway compatible plasmid toolkit for constitutive and inducible expression of transgenes in the C. elegans germline.
title_fullStr MosSCI and gateway compatible plasmid toolkit for constitutive and inducible expression of transgenes in the C. elegans germline.
title_full_unstemmed MosSCI and gateway compatible plasmid toolkit for constitutive and inducible expression of transgenes in the C. elegans germline.
title_short MosSCI and gateway compatible plasmid toolkit for constitutive and inducible expression of transgenes in the C. elegans germline.
title_sort mossci and gateway compatible plasmid toolkit for constitutive and inducible expression of transgenes in the c elegans germline
url https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0020082&type=printable
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