A Practical Guide to Optimizing AAV DIO and FLEx Vector Expression
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Blog Post
Published
Nov. 2, 2021, 1:15 p.m.
...sandwiched between 2 loxp sites and is excised by Cre (Figure 1). This results in one loxp site and one lox2272...Since loxp and lox2272 can not recombine, this ensures that the transgene is no longer able to flip back...the cause of this spurious expression?
Figure 1. Cre-recombinase binds to either pair of lox...orientation preventing the transgene from reverting. Figure created with BioRender.com
Causes of recombination...to flank the transgenes (non-homologous pairs) (Figure 2.). They found that almost all off-target expression... to exercise caution when using them.
Figure 2. Schematic diagram showing the mechanism of spontaneous...reduced reversion and less off-target expression. Figure created with BioRender.com
Strategies for...