Top Requested AAV of 2017: pmSyn1-EBFP-CRE
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Blog Post
Published
Jan. 17, 2018, 2:57 p.m.
...expression specifically in neurons.
AAV Delivered Cre - A useful tool for neuroscientists
AAVs are widely used...used by neuroscientists because they efficiently deliver genes to various brain regions. You can partially...way.
For example, say you would like to label neurons with mCherry and you already have a transgenic ...entirely new mouse line with mCherry controlled by a neuron specific promoter or you could breed your Cre-dependent...line with a separate line that expresses Cre in neurons, but both of these options would be very time consuming...and therefore mCherry will only be expressed in neurons. Indeed, this AAV provides you with a means to ...expression of any Cre-dependent gene of interest in neurons. This ability to be paired with any Cre-controlled...