Multicolor Animals: Using Fluorescent Proteins to Understand Single Cell Behavior
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...promoter is expressed. Cre-mediated deletion of one or several of these genes permits the expression of genes...copy of the transgene expressing either YFP or CFP, and cells that do not express Cre fluorescing with the...activate the expression of a different fluorescent protein. Therefore, each cell could express a unique combination...protein genes, Cre recombination is required before fluorescence can occur. Cre recombinase can be used ...developing fish via Cre protein microinjection or crossing of Zebrabow animals to an inducible Cre line. The Schier...any cell type when crossed with mice expressing the appropriate Cre allele. The Confetti mouse contains...so that XFP are only expressed following a recombination event. Tissue-specific Cre recombination in this...