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The possibility of generating transgenic animals is of obvious advantage for the analysis of gene function in development
and disease. One of the established vertebrate model systems in developmental biology is the amphibian Xenopus laevis. Different techniques have been successfully applied to create Xenopus transgenics; in this chapter, the so-called meganuclease method is described. This technique is not only technically simple,
but also comparably efficient and applicable to both Xenopus laevis and Xenopus tropicalis. The commercially available endonuclease I-SceI (meganuclease) mediates the integration of foreign DNA into the frog genome after coinjection into fertilized eggs. Tissue-specific
gene expression, as well as germline transmission, has been observed.
Affiliation(s): (2) Department of Developmental Biochemistry, University of Goettingen, Justus-von-Liebig Weg 11, 37077 Goettingen, Germany
(3) Vanderbilt University Program in Developmental Biology, 3144A MRBIII Vanderbilt University Medical Center, 465 21st Avenue South, Nashville, TN
(4) Department of Cell and Biology, 3144A MRBIII Vanderbilt University Medical Center, 465 21st Avenue South, Nashville, TN
(3) Vanderbilt University Program in Developmental Biology, 3144A MRBIII Vanderbilt University Medical Center, 465 21st Avenue South, Nashville, TN
(4) Department of Cell and Biology, 3144A MRBIII Vanderbilt University Medical Center, 465 21st Avenue South, Nashville, TN
Series: Methods in Molecular Biology | Volume: 561 | Pub. Date: Jan-01-2009 | Page Range: 65-72 | DOI: 10.1007/978-1-60327-019-9_4
Subject: Genetics/Genomics
Key Words:
Xenopus laevis
- Transgenesis - Meganuclease -
I-SceI
- Germline transmission - Tissue-specific promoter
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