9. Conditional Gene Trapping Using the FLEx System
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The knowledge about the complete genome sequences of mouse, human, and other organisms is only the first step toward the functional
annotation of all genes. It facilitates the recognition of sequence conservation, which helps to distinguish between important
and not important and also coding from noncoding sequence. Nevertheless, approximately only 50% of all mouse genes have been
entirely annotated to date. In the postgenomic era, large-scale projects have been initiated to describe also the expression
(Emap, Eurexpress) and the function (International Gene Trap Consortium, Eucomm, Norcomm, Komp) of all mouse genes. By building
up on these resources, the average amount of time starting from a gene-coding sequence to finally studying its function in
a living organism or embryo, has shortened significantly within the last decade. Several recent developments, namely, in bioinformatics
and gene synthesis but also in targeted and random mutagenesis have contributed to the current status. This chapter will highlight
the milestones that have been undertaken in order to saturate the mouse genome with gene trap mutations. We have no intention
to cover the entire field but will instead focus on most recent vectors and protocols, which have turned out to be most useful
in order to promote the technology. Therefore, we apologize upfront to the many studies that could not be mentioned here solely
owing to space limitations but which nevertheless made significant contributions to our current understanding. This chapter
will finally provide guidance on possible uses of conditional gene trap alleles as well as detailed protocols for the application
of this recent technology.
Affiliation(s): (3) Institute of Developmental Genetics, GSF-National Research Center for Environment and Health, Neuherberg, Germany
(4) Department of Molecular Hematology, University of Frankfurt Medical School, Frankfurt, Germany
(4) Department of Molecular Hematology, University of Frankfurt Medical School, Frankfurt, Germany
Book Title: Chromosomal Mutagenesis
Series: Methods in Molecular Biology | Volume: 435 | Pub. Date: Oct-11-2007 | Page Range: 127-138 | DOI: 10.1007/978-1-59745-232-8_9
Subject: Genetics/Genomics
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