Genetic targeting of chemical indicators in vivo.

Yang, Guoying; de Castro Reis, Fernanda; Sundukova, Mayya; Pimpinella, Sofia; Asaro, Antonino; Castaldi, Laura; Batti, Laura; Bilbao, Daniel et al. · Nat Methods · 2015

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

Fluorescent protein reporters have become the mainstay for tracing cellular circuitry in vivo but are limited in their versatility. Here we generated Cre-dependent reporter mice expressing the Snap-tag to target synthetic indicators to cells. Snap-tag labeling worked efficiently and selectively in vivo, allowing for both the manipulation of behavior and monitoring of cellular fluorescence from the same reporter.

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