"Hall of Fame" AAV Enhancers from the Allen Institute for Brain Science
Type
Blog Post
Published
Sept. 9, 2025, 1:15 p.m.
.../bies.202300044
Resources on the Addgene blog
Plasmids 101: Gene, enhancer, and promoter trapping
...Plasmids for Endogenous Gene Tagging in Human Cells
Resources on addgene.org
Allen Institute for Brain...Enhancers are non-coding sequences of DNA that regulate gene expression by interacting with proteins such as ...and the RNA polymerase at the promoter region of a gene to initiate transcription (Figure 1). Although all...same mechanism that allows enhancers to regulate gene expression in a cell type-specific manner also makes... those specific cell types to express exogenous genes — a feature the AIBS has capitalized on.
...minimal promoter to drive expression of a fluorescent gene and packaged into viral vectors that can be administered...