R26R-GR: A Cre-Activable Dual Fluorescent Protein Reporter Mouse

You Tzung Chen, Ming Shian Tsai, Tsung Lin Yang, Amy Tsu Ku, Ke Han Huang, Cheng Yen Huang, Fu Ju Chou, Hsiang Hsuan Fan, Jin Bon Hong, Shuo Ting Yen, Wei Le Wang, Chang Ching Lin, Yu Chen Hsu, Kang Yi Su, I. Chang Su, Chuan Wei Jang, Richard R. Behringer, Rebecca Favaro, Silvia K. Nicolis, Chung Liang ChienShu Wha Lin, I. Shing Yu

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Abstract

Green fluorescent protein (GFP) and its derivatives are the most widely used molecular reporters for live cell imagining. The development of organelle-specific fusion fluorescent proteins improves the labeling resolution to a higher level. Here we generate a R26 dual fluorescent protein reporter mouse, activated by Cre-mediated DNA recombination, labeling target cells with a chromatin-specific enhanced green fluorescence protein (EGFP) and a plasma membrane-anchored monomeric cherry fluorescent protein (mCherry). This dual labeling allows the visualization of mitotic events, cell shapes and intracellular vesicle behaviors. We expect this reporter mouse to have a wide application in developmental biology studies, transplantation experiments as well as cancer/stem cell lineage tracing.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Article numbere46171
JournalPloS one
Volume7
Issue number9
DOIs
StatePublished - Sep 25 2012

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