Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2002 · 197 citations · 13 references
Life SciencesGeneticsMolecular GeneticsEmbryogenesisGene ExpressionTransgenic Animal ModelsHorizontal Gene TransferTransgenesis StrategiesTransgenic Animal TechnologyTransgenic Organism DevelopmentTransgenic Organism ProductionTransposable ElementsInsertional MutagenesisTransgenic Animal ProductionTransgenic MiceTransgenic Mouse ModelsTransgenic Mouse ProductionTransposase FunctionTransposon BiologyTransposon-mediated Transgenesis
Transposons have been used in invertebrates for transgenesis and insertional mutagens in genetic screens. We tested a functional transposon called Sleeping Beauty in the one-cell mouse embryo. In this report, we describe experiments in which transposon vectors were injected into one-cell mouse embryos with mRNA expressing the SB10 transposase enzyme. Molecular evidence of transposition was obtained by cloning of insertion sites from multiple transgenic mice produced by SB10 mRNA/transposon coinjection. We also demonstrate germ-line transmission and expression from transposed elements. This technique has promise as a germ-line transgenesis method in other vertebrate species and for insertional mutagenesis in the mouse.
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