ISSN:
1572-9931
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Biology
,
Medicine
Notes:
Abstract We report that cells of aDrosophila embryonic cell line (Kc167 cells) can be readily and stably transformed by transposition of P elements from exogenous DNA. Cells are transfected with plasmids carrying methotrexate- or α-amanitin-resistance markers expressed from constitutive promoters and co-transfected with a gene encoding a somatically active transposase. Transient expression of the transposase leads to efficient production of transformed, resistant cells. We describe conditions under which most resistant clones are healthy and harbor a small number (1–50) of transposons and few (≤5%) retain plasmid sequences derived from illegitimate recombination. Using conditions like these it should prove possible to construct enhancer trap and/or gene libraries usingDrosophila cells.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF02369906
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