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The Q system: a repressible binary system for transgene expression, lineage tracing, and mosaic analysis.


ABSTRACT: We describe a new repressible binary expression system based on the regulatory genes from the Neurospora qa gene cluster. This "Q system" offers attractive features for transgene expression in Drosophila and mammalian cells: low basal expression in the absence of the transcriptional activator QF, high QF-induced expression, and QF repression by its repressor QS. Additionally, feeding flies quinic acid can relieve QS repression. The Q system offers many applications, including (1) intersectional "logic gates" with the GAL4 system for manipulating transgene expression patterns, (2) GAL4-independent MARCM analysis, and (3) coupled MARCM analysis to independently visualize and genetically manipulate siblings from any cell division. We demonstrate the utility of the Q system in determining cell division patterns of a neuronal lineage and gene function in cell growth and proliferation, and in dissecting neurons responsible for olfactory attraction. The Q system can be expanded to other uses in Drosophila and to any organism conducive to transgenesis.

SUBMITTER: Potter CJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2883883 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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The Q system: a repressible binary system for transgene expression, lineage tracing, and mosaic analysis.

Potter Christopher J CJ   Tasic Bosiljka B   Russler Emilie V EV   Liang Liang L   Luo Liqun L  

Cell 20100401 3


We describe a new repressible binary expression system based on the regulatory genes from the Neurospora qa gene cluster. This "Q system" offers attractive features for transgene expression in Drosophila and mammalian cells: low basal expression in the absence of the transcriptional activator QF, high QF-induced expression, and QF repression by its repressor QS. Additionally, feeding flies quinic acid can relieve QS repression. The Q system offers many applications, including (1) intersectional  ...[more]

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