Multicolor Animals: Using Fluorescent Proteins to Understand Single Cell Behavior
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...tandem with a single promoter, but only the gene directly following the promoter is expressed. Cre-mediated... As RFP and OFP are directly downstream of the promoter in Brainbow 1.0 and 1.1, respectively, cells will...Brainbow system are that it does not use ubiquitous promoters, meaning that not all cell types can be labeled...Brainbow was also used in zebrafish by injecting a CMV-Brainbow construct at the embryonic stage. This technique...placing Brainbow downstream of a neural-specific promoter, or the entire fish could be labeled by injecting...an RFP, CFP, and YFP downstream of a ubiquitous promoter. Zebrabow is an extremely versatile technology...