Expansion of the gateway multisite recombination cloning toolkit

PLoS One. 2013 Oct 18;8(10):e77724. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0077724. eCollection 2013.

Abstract

Precise manipulation of transgene expression in genetic model organisms has led to advances in understanding fundamental mechanisms of development, physiology, and genetic disease. Transgene construction is, however, a precondition of transgene expression, and often limits the rate of experimental progress. Here we report an expansion of the modular Gateway MultiSite recombination-cloning platform for high efficiency transgene assembly. The expansion includes two additional destination vectors and entry clones for the LexA binary transcription system, among others. These new tools enhance the expression levels possible with Gateway MultiSite generated transgenes and make possible the generation of LexA drivers and reporters with Gateway MultiSite cloning. In vivo data from transgenic Drosophila functionally validating each novel component are presented and include neuronal LexA drivers, LexAop2 red and green fluorescent synaptic vesicle reporters, TDC2 and TRH LexA, GAL4, and QF drivers, and LexAop2, UAS, and QUAS channelrhodopsin2 T159C reporters.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Cloning, Molecular / methods*
  • Cloning, Organism / methods*
  • DNA, Recombinant / genetics
  • Drosophila / genetics
  • Genetic Vectors / genetics
  • Recombination, Genetic / genetics
  • Transgenes / genetics

Substances

  • DNA, Recombinant

Grants and funding

This work received financial support from the Whitehall Foundation (http://www.whitehall.org/). The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.