A sensitive mNeonGreen reporter system to measure transcriptional dynamics in Drosophila development.
A sensitive mNeonGreen reporter system to measure transcriptional dynamics in Drosophila development.
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DOI:
10.1038/s42003-020-01375-5
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发表时间:
2020-11-12
影响因子:
5.9
通讯作者:
Gaul U
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作者:
Ceolin S;Hanf M;Bozek M;Storti AE;Gompel N;Unnerstall U;Jung C;Gaul U
The gene regulatory network governing anterior–posterior axis formation in Drosophila is a well-established paradigm to study transcription in developmental biology. The rapid temporal dynamics of gene expression during early stages of development, however, are difficult to track with standard techniques. We optimized the bright and fast-maturing fluorescent protein mNeonGreen as a real-time, quantitative reporter of enhancer expression. We derive enhancer activity from the reporter fluorescence dynamics with high spatial and temporal resolution, using a robust reconstruction algorithm. By comparing our results with data obtained with the established MS2-MCP system, we demonstrate the higher detection sensitivity of our reporter. We used the reporter to quantify the activity of variants of a simple synthetic enhancer, and observe increased activity upon reduction of enhancer–promoter distance or addition of binding sites for the pioneer transcription factor Zelda. Our reporter system constitutes a powerful tool to study spatio-temporal gene expression dynamics in live embryos. Ceolin et al. optimise the fluorescent protein mNeonGreen to generate a reporter to measure enhancer expression in living Drosophila embryos. They also find that reduced enhancer–promoter distance or addition of binding sites for the pioneer transcription factor Zelda increases enhancer activity.
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影响因子:
10.5
作者:
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通讯作者:
Darzacq X
影响因子:
64.5
作者:
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通讯作者:
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影响因子:
9.9
作者:
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通讯作者:
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DOI:
10.1016/j.cub.2016.02.054
发表时间:
2016-05-09
期刊:
Current biology : CB
影响因子:
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作者:
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通讯作者:
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影响因子:
64.5
作者:
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通讯作者:
KORNBERG, T