Advanced Uses of Cre-lox and Flp-FRT - A Neuroscientist’s View
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...vectors expressing light inducible ion channels (plasmid # 20298 for example) have revolutionized Neuroscience.... These Cre/ FLP versions are retained in the cytoplasm until estrogen receptor ligand Tamoxifen is added...neurons in the living brain
Figure 1: Plasmid mix to label neuronal morphology (eYFP) and the...recombinase. After in-utero electroporation, this plasmid mix results in sparse labeling of cortical neurons...labeling of individual neurons one could reduce the plasmids amounts to reduce transfection efficiency. However...visualized at the same time from two different plasmids this approach becomes problematic as it reduces...