The application of the Cre-loxP system for generating multiple knock-out and knock-in targeted loci

Methods Mol Biol. 2013:983:249-67. doi: 10.1007/978-1-62703-302-2_13.

Abstract

Dictyostelium discoideum is an exceptionally powerful eukaryotic model to study many aspects of growth, development, and fundamental cellular processes. Its small-sized, haploid genome allows highly efficient targeted homologous recombination for gene disruption and knock-in epitope tagging. We previously described a robust system for the generation of multiple gene mutations in Dictyostelium by recycling the Blasticidin S selectable marker after transient expression of the Cre recombinase. We have now further optimized the system for higher efficiency and, additionally, coupled it to both, knock-out and knock-in gene targeting, allowing the characterization of multiple and cooperative gene functions in a single cell line.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Intramural
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Base Sequence
  • DNA, Protozoan / genetics
  • Dictyostelium / genetics*
  • Electroporation
  • Escherichia coli
  • Gene Knock-In Techniques / methods*
  • Gene Knockout Techniques / methods*
  • Genetic Vectors
  • Homologous Recombination
  • Integrases / genetics*
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Mutagenesis, Insertional
  • Plasmids / genetics
  • Sequence Analysis, DNA
  • Transformation, Bacterial

Substances

  • DNA, Protozoan
  • Cre recombinase
  • Integrases