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ArticleNucleic acids research2003

Faithful expression of a tagged Fugu WT1 protein from a genomic transgene in zebrafish: efficient splicing of pufferfish genes in zebrafish but not mice.

Colin G Miles, Lesley Rankin, Shirley I Smith, Martina Niksic, Greg Elgar, Nicholas D Hastie

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Article in Nucleic acids research, 2003. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Variation in sequence and organization of splicing regulatory elements in vertebrate genes.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2004
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Colin G MilesMedical Research Council Human Genetics Unit, Western General Hospital, Creve Road, Edinburgh EH4 2XU, UK.
Lesley Rankin
Shirley I Smith
Martina Niksic
Greg Elgar
Nicholas D Hastie
Western General Hospital · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The teleost fish are widely used as model organisms in vertebrate biology. The compact genome of the pufferfish, Fugu rubripes, has proven a valuable tool in comparative genome analyses, aiding the annotation of mammalian genomes and the identification of conserved regulatory elements, whilst the zebrafish is particularly suited to genetic and developmental studies. We demonstrate that a pufferfish WT1 transgene can be expressed and spliced appropriately in transgenic zebrafish, contrasting with the situation in transgenic mice. By creating both transgenic mice and transgenic zebrafish with the same construct, we show that Fugu RNA is processed correctly in zebrafish but not in mice. Furthermore, we show for the first time that a Fugu genomic construct can produce protein in transgenic zebrafish: a full-length Fugu WT1 transgene with a C-terminal beta-galactosidase fusion is spliced and translated correctly in zebrafish, mimicking the expression of the endogenous WT1 gene. These data demonstrate that the zebrafish:Fugu system is a powerful and convenient tool for dissecting both vertebrate gene regulation and gene function in vivo.

Indexed as

Alternative SplicingAnimals, Genetically ModifiedAnimalsGene ExpressionGenomeIntronsMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMice, Inbred CBAMice, TransgenicSpecies SpecificityTakifuguTransgenesWT1 ProteinsZebrafishWT1 Proteins

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PMID12771206
PMCPMC156718
OpenAlexW2120758210

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