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Viral Service: Recombinases


These AAV encode site-specific recombinases, which can be used to control gene expression.

Dre AAV

ID Name Promoter Fluorophore Serotype(s) PI
50363 AAV phSyn1(S)-DreO-bGHpA Syn none 5, rg* Zeng

Flpo AAV

ID Name Promoter Fluorophore Serotype(s) PI
51669 AAV phSyn1(S)-FlpO-bGHpA hSyn none rg* Zeng
55634 pAAV-EF1a-mCherry-IRES-Flpo EF1a mCherry (not a fusion tag) 1, rg* Deisseroth
55637 pAAV-EF1a-Flpo EF1a none 1, rg* Deisseroth
87306 AAV pEF1a-DIO-FLPo-WPRE-hGHpA EF1a none 1, 2, 5, 8, 9, rg* Zhang
75469 pAAV-EF1a-Flp-DOG-NW EF1a none 1 Cepko

VCre AAV

ID Name Promoter Fluorophore/Tag Serotype(s) PI
55638 pAAV-EF1a-vCre EF1a none 8, rg* Deisseroth

Cre AAV

ID Name Promoter Fluorophore/Tag Serotype(s) PI
CaMKII Promoter
105551 pENN.AAV.CamKII.HI.GFP-Cre.WPRE.SV40 CamKII GFP 9 Wilson
105558 pENN.AAV.CamKII 0.4.Cre.SV40 CamKII none 1, 5, 9 Wilson
CMV Promoter
105537 pENN.AAV.CMVs.Pl.Cre.rBG CMV none 1, 2, 6.2, 8, 9, rh10 Wilson
105545 pAAV.CMV.HI.eGFP-Cre.WPRE.SV40 CMV eGFP 1, 2, 5, 8, 9 Wilson
EF1a Promoter
55632 pAAV-Ef1a-mCherry-IRES-Cre EF1a mCherry (not a fusion tag) 8, rg* Deisseroth
55636 pAAV-EF1a-Cre EF1a none rg* Deisseroth
121675 pAAV-EF1a-fDIO-Cre EF1a none 1, 8, 9, rg* Engel, Nectow
69570 pAAV-EF1a-N-CretrcintG EF1a none 1 Cepko
69571 pAAV-EF1a-C-CreintG EF1a none 1 Cepko
GFAP Promoter
105550 pAAV.GFAP.Cre.WPRE.hGH GFAP none 5, PHPeB Wilson
rTH Promoter
107788 AAV.rTH.PI.Cre.SV40 rTH none 9, rg* Wilson
PGK Promoter
24593 AAV-pgk-Cre PGK none rg* Aebischer
Synapsin Promoter
51507 AAV pmSyn1-EBFP-Cre Syn EBFP 5 Zeng
105540 pENN.AAV.hSyn.HI.eGFP-Cre.WPRE.SV40 Syn eGFP 1, 5, 8, 9, rg*, PHPeB Wilson
105553 pENN.AAV.hSyn.Cre.WPRE.hGH Syn none 1, 5, 8, 9, rg* Wilson
105555 pENN.AAV.hSyn.Cre.hGH Syn none 9 Wilson
107312 AAV-hSyn-mCherry-P2A-Cre-WPRE Syn mCherry 1 Yang
107738 pAAV-hSyn-Cre-P2A-dTomato Syn dTomato 1, 2, 5, 8, 9, rg* Larsen
TBG Promoter
107787 AAV.TBG.PI.Cre.rBGe TBG none 8 Wilson

Light-Inducible Recombinases

ID Name Promoter Fluorophore Serotype(s) PI
140135 pAAV-EF1a-iCreV EF1a none 1, PHPeB Zeng
140136 pAAV-EF1a-iDreV EF1a none 1, PHPeB Zeng
140137 pAAV-EF1a-iFlpV EF1a none 1, PHPeB Zeng

*AAVrg = retrograde serotype, produced with the AAV retro helper plasmid from the Karpova and Schaffer labs. See the Retrograde AAV Inventory Page.

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