Evolution of Brainbow: Using Cre-lox for Multicolor Labeling of Neurons
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Blog Post
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April 24, 2015, 2:39 p.m.
...more than 3-4 colors due to the tandem integration of multiple copies of the construct (about 8 in Brainbow...colorful technology.
Optimizing the system: Brainbow-3
Although Brainbow provided neuroscientists with the...Looger LL, Simpson JH. Nature Methods. 2011 Mar;8(3):253-9. doi: 10.1038/nmeth.1566. Epub 2011 Feb 6. ...Dickson BJ, Salecker I. Nature Methods. 2011 Mar;8(3):260-6. doi: 10.1038/nmeth.1567. Epub 2011 Feb 6. ...Beaurepaire E, Morin X, Livet J. Neuron. 2014 Feb 5;81(3):505-20. PubMed.
...with the goal of overcoming the limitations listed above. First, they screened a variety of fluorescent proteins...method has become very useful in lineage tracing; “Zebrabow” was used to trace the development of the corneal...