A low-background inducible promoter system in Leishmania donovani


Por: Yan S., Martinez-Calvillo S., Schnaufer A., Sunkin S., Myler P.J., Stuart K.

Publicada: 1 ene 2002
Resumen:
We report here a second-generation tetracycline-responsive repressor-operator system in Leishmania donovani. In this system, expression of a reporter luciferase gene (LUC) is driven by the inducible Leishmania ribosomal RNA promoter on the DNA strand opposite to a hygromycin resistance gene (HYG) whose expression is driven by the endogenous pol I promoter on chromosome 27 (rDNA locus) or the endogenous pol II promoter on chromosome 35 (LD1 locus). Transgenic cell lines showed regulation of LUC gene expression over three orders of magnitude. In the absence of tetracycline, luciferase expression levels were 2-3-fold higher than machine background when integrated into the LD1 locus, but was over 10-fold higher than machine background when integrated into the rDNA locus. © 2002 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.

Filiaciones:
Yan S.:
 Seattle Biomedical Research Institute, 4 Nickerson Street, Seattle, WA 98109-1651, United States

 Department of Pathobiology, Box 357238, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, United States

Martinez-Calvillo S.:
 Seattle Biomedical Research Institute, 4 Nickerson Street, Seattle, WA 98109-1651, United States

 Department of Pathobiology, Box 357238, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, United States

Schnaufer A.:
 Seattle Biomedical Research Institute, 4 Nickerson Street, Seattle, WA 98109-1651, United States

 Department of Pathobiology, Box 357238, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, United States

Sunkin S.:
 Seattle Biomedical Research Institute, 4 Nickerson Street, Seattle, WA 98109-1651, United States

 Department of Pathobiology, Box 357238, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, United States

Myler P.J.:
 Seattle Biomedical Research Institute, 4 Nickerson Street, Seattle, WA 98109-1651, United States

 Department of Pathobiology, Box 357238, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, United States

Stuart K.:
 Seattle Biomedical Research Institute, 4 Nickerson Street, Seattle, WA 98109-1651, United States

 Department of Pathobiology, Box 357238, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, United States
ISSN: 01666851
Editorial
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Tipo de documento: Article
Volumen: 119 Número: 2
Páginas: 217-223
WOS Id: 000173915200006
ID de PubMed: 11814573