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What is the purpose of a 'reporter line' in mice?
What is the purpose of a 'reporter line' in mice?
- To deliver transgenes using viral approaches
- To conditionally delete specific genes
- To ablate specific cells
- To conditionally express fluorescent tags (correct)
What is the function of Cre in the Cre-loxP system?
What is the function of Cre in the Cre-loxP system?
- To express fluorescent tags
- To recombine DNA sequences (correct)
- To delete genes
- To deliver transgenes
What is the result of conditional deletion of the cell cycling gene KRas in GLAST+ pericytes?
What is the result of conditional deletion of the cell cycling gene KRas in GLAST+ pericytes?
- Increased proliferation of pericytes
- Localized expression of Cre
- Labeling of pericytes with fluorescent tags
- Prevention of pericyte proliferation (correct)
What is the advantage of using tamoxifen administration in conditional deletion?
What is the advantage of using tamoxifen administration in conditional deletion?
What is the purpose of crossing D1R-Cre 2.D2R-Flp mice with double transgenic tdTomato-LoxP; eGFP-Frt mice?
What is the purpose of crossing D1R-Cre 2.D2R-Flp mice with double transgenic tdTomato-LoxP; eGFP-Frt mice?
What is the advantage of using viral approaches to label and deliver transgenes?
What is the advantage of using viral approaches to label and deliver transgenes?
What is the purpose of using the Cre-loxP system in viral gene delivery?
What is the purpose of using the Cre-loxP system in viral gene delivery?
What is the role of the VGlut2-Cre mouse in the viral gene delivery approach?
What is the role of the VGlut2-Cre mouse in the viral gene delivery approach?
What is the advantage of using a dual viral approach in conditional gene expression?
What is the advantage of using a dual viral approach in conditional gene expression?
What is the function of the NpHR gene in optogenetics?
What is the function of the NpHR gene in optogenetics?
What is the purpose of using the Flp-Frt system in viral gene delivery?
What is the purpose of using the Flp-Frt system in viral gene delivery?
What is the goal of using viral intersectional techniques?
What is the goal of using viral intersectional techniques?
What is the primary function of the Cre recombinase enzyme in the Cre-lox system?
What is the primary function of the Cre recombinase enzyme in the Cre-lox system?
What is the role of the loxP sites in the Cre-lox system?
What is the role of the loxP sites in the Cre-lox system?
What is the purpose of the Rosa26 genetic locus in mice?
What is the purpose of the Rosa26 genetic locus in mice?
What is the outcome of conditional expression of DTR in Pdgfrb+ pericytes?
What is the outcome of conditional expression of DTR in Pdgfrb+ pericytes?
What is the purpose of the Flp-Frt system?
What is the purpose of the Flp-Frt system?
What is the outcome of conditional deletion of Fn1 in Pdgfrb+ pericytes?
What is the outcome of conditional deletion of Fn1 in Pdgfrb+ pericytes?
What is the purpose of the Cre-lox system?
What is the purpose of the Cre-lox system?
What is the advantage of using a dual recombinase strategy combining Cre-lox and Flp-Frt systems?
What is the advantage of using a dual recombinase strategy combining Cre-lox and Flp-Frt systems?
What is the role of tamoxifen in the Cre-lox system?
What is the role of tamoxifen in the Cre-lox system?
What is the outcome of conditional ablation of DTR-expressing cells?
What is the outcome of conditional ablation of DTR-expressing cells?