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ArticleNature communications2019

iSuRe-Cre is a genetic tool to reliably induce and report Cre-dependent genetic modifications.

Macarena Fernández-Chacón, Verónica Casquero-García, Wen Luo, Federica Francesca Lunella, Susana Ferreira Rocha, Sergio Del Olmo-Cabrera, Rui Benedito

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Article in Nature communications, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 34 papers.

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34 citing papers in PubMed, 50 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Macarena Fernández-ChacónMolecular Genetics of Angiogenesis Group, Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares (CNIC), Madrid, E28029, Spain.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5831-0923
Verónica Casquero-GarcíaMolecular Genetics of Angiogenesis Group, Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares (CNIC), Madrid, E28029, Spain.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2365-394X
Wen LuoMolecular Genetics of Angiogenesis Group, Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares (CNIC), Madrid, E28029, Spain.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5856-3733
Federica Francesca LunellaMolecular Genetics of Angiogenesis Group, Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares (CNIC), Madrid, E28029, Spain.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8943-6032
Susana Ferreira RochaMolecular Genetics of Angiogenesis Group, Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares (CNIC), Madrid, E28029, Spain.
Sergio Del Olmo-CabreraMolecular Genetics of Angiogenesis Group, Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares (CNIC), Madrid, E28029, Spain.
Rui BeneditoMolecular Genetics of Angiogenesis Group, Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares (CNIC), Madrid, E28029, Spain. Rui.benedito@cnic.es.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2458-3055
Spanish National Centre for Cardiovascular Research · ES

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Most biomedical research aimed at understanding gene function uses the Cre-Lox system, which consists of the Cre recombinase-dependent deletion of genes containing LoxP sites. This system enables conditional genetic modifications because the expression and activity of the recombinase Cre/CreERT2 can be regulated in space by tissue-specific promoters and in time by the ligand tamoxifen. Since the precise Cre-Lox recombination event is invisible, methods were developed to report Cre activity and are widely used. However, numerous studies have shown that expression of a given Cre activity reporter cannot be assumed to indicate deletion of other LoxP-flanked genes of interest. Here, we report the generation of an inducible dual reporter-Cre mouse allele, iSuRe-Cre. By significantly increasing Cre activity in reporter-expressing cells, iSuRe-Cre provides certainty that these cells have completely recombined floxed alleles. This genetic tool increases the ease, efficiency, and reliability of conditional mutagenesis and gene function analysis.

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AnimalsCell Culture TechniquesCloning, MolecularGene EditingGenetic VectorsIntegrasesMiceMice, TransgenicMouse Embryonic Stem CellsPlasmidsPromoter Regions, GeneticRecombination, GeneticTamoxifenCre recombinaseIntegrasesTamoxifen

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