Generation of Transgenic Zebrafish Expressing Green Fluorescent Protein Under Control of Zebrafish Amyloid Precursor Protein Gene Regulatory Elements

Zebrafish ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 277-286 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ju-Ahng Lee ◽  
Gregory J. Cole
Keyword(s):  
Green Fluorescent Protein ◽  
Amyloid Precursor Protein ◽  
Protein Gene ◽  
Fluorescent Protein ◽  
Regulatory Elements ◽  
Transgenic Zebrafish ◽  
Amyloid Precursor Protein Gene ◽  
Gene Regulatory Elements ◽  
Gene Regulatory ◽  
Green Fluorescent

Efficient Knockout of Transplanted Green Fluorescent Protein Gene in Medaka Using TALENs

2014 ◽  
Vol 16 (6) ◽  
pp. 674-683 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chao Qiu ◽  
Bin Cheng ◽  
Yunsheng Zhang ◽  
Rong Huang ◽  
Lanjie Liao ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Green Fluorescent Protein ◽  
Protein Gene ◽  
Fluorescent Protein ◽  
Green Fluorescent Protein Gene ◽  
Green Fluorescent

Laser-induced gene expression in specific cells of transgenic zebrafish

Development ◽  
2000 ◽  
Vol 127 (9) ◽  
pp. 1953-1960 ◽  
Author(s):  
M.C. Halloran ◽  
M. Sato-Maeda ◽  
J.T. Warren ◽  
F. Su ◽  
Z. Lele ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Green Fluorescent Protein ◽  
Fluorescent Protein ◽  
Green Fluorescent Protein Gene ◽  
Transgenic Zebrafish ◽  
Hsp70 Promoter ◽  
Expression Of Genes ◽  
Transgenic Lines ◽  
Transgenic Embryos ◽  
Green Fluorescent

Over the past few years, a number of studies have described the generation of transgenic lines of zebrafish in which expression of reporters was driven by a variety of promoters. These lines opened up the real possibility that transgenics could be used to complement the genetic analysis of zebrafish development. Transgenic lines in which the expression of genes can be regulated both in space and time would be especially useful. Therefore, we have cloned the zebrafish promoter for the inducible hsp70 gene and made stable transgenic lines of zebrafish that express the reporter green fluorescent protein gene under the control of a hsp70 promoter. At normal temperatures, green fluorescent protein is not detectable in transgenic embryos with the exception of the lens, but is robustly expressed throughout the embryo following an increase in ambient temperature. Furthermore, we have taken advantage of the accessibility and optical clarity of the embryos to express green fluorescent protein in individual cells by focussing a sublethal laser microbeam onto them. The targeted cells appear to develop normally: cells migrate normally, neurons project axons that follow normal pathways, and progenitor cells divide and give rise to normal progeny cells. By generating other transgenic lines in which the hsp70 promoter regulates genes of interest, it should be possible to examine the in vivo activity of the gene products by laser-inducing specific cells to express them in zebrafish embryos. As a first test, we laser-induced single muscle cells to make zebrafish Sema3A1, a semaphorin that is repulsive for specific growth cones, in a hsp70-sema3A1 transgenic line of zebrafish and found that extension by the motor axons was retarded by the induced muscle.

Stress-survival responses of a carbon-starvedp-nitrophenol-mineralizingMoraxellastrain in river water

2005 ◽  
Vol 51 (3) ◽  
pp. 223-229 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Moore ◽  
Jack Trevors ◽  
Hung Lee ◽  
Kam Tin Leung
Keyword(s):  
Green Fluorescent Protein ◽  
River Water ◽  
Water Samples ◽  
Protein Gene ◽  
Fluorescent Protein ◽  
Carbon Starvation ◽  
Green Fluorescent Protein Gene ◽  
River Water Samples ◽  
Stress Survival ◽  
Green Fluorescent

The effect of carbon starvation on the stress-resistant responses of a p-nitrophenol-mineralizing Moraxella strain was examined in both buffer and river water samples. The Moraxella strain showed optimal stress-resistant responses in a minimal salt buffer when carbon-starved for 1–2 d. In the buffer system, the 1- and 2-day carbon-starved Moraxella cultures survived about 150-, 200-, and 100-fold better than the non-starved cultures when exposed to 43.5 °C, 2.7 mol/L NaCl, and 500 µmol/L H2O2for 4 h, respectively. A green fluorescent protein gene- (gfp) labelled derivative of the Moraxella strain was used to examine the stress-resistant responses of the bacterium in natural river water microcosms. The carbon-starved gfp-labelled Moraxella strain also showed stress-resistant responses against heat, osmotic, and oxidative stresses in the river water samples. Despite the stress-tolerant capability of the carbon-starved gfp-labelled Moraxella cells, they did not exhibit any survival advantage over their non-starved counterparts when inoculated into river water microcosms and incubated at 10 and 22 °C for 14 d.Key words: carbon starvation, stress-survival responses, Moraxella, p-nitrophenol, green fluorescent protein gene.

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