Strain Name: |
B6.Cg-Tg(Thy1-YFPH)2Jrs/J |
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Stock Number: |
003782 |
Availability: | Repository- Live |
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| Genes & Alleles | Thy1; YFP; Tg(Thy1-YFPH)2Jrs; |
Type JAX® GEMM® Strain - Congenic Additional information on JAX® GEMM® Strains. Type JAX® GEMM® Strain - Mutant Strain Type JAX® GEMM® Strain - Transgenic Mating System Inbred x Hemizygote (Female x Male) Species laboratory mouse Donating Investigator Joshua Sanes, Harvard University Generation N5+N17 (06-DEC-07) Strain Description
These mice express spectral variants of GFP (yellow-YFP) at high levels in motor and sensory neurons, as well as subsets of central neurons. Axons are brightly fluorescent all the way to the terminals. No expression is detectable in nonneural cells. The transgenic insert used to make this strain is identical to that used in the construction of strain 003709. The primary difference between these two strains is the specific neuron subsets which express YFP. In this strain, a few motor axons are labeled in muscle tissue, allowing determination of branching pattern and definition of which muscle fibers are innervated by a single motor axon. Approximately 10-30% of sensory neurons are labeled in dorsal root ganglia. Layer 5 pyramidal cells are selectively labeled in cerebral cortex. Pyramidal neurons are selectively labeled in the hippocampus. Approximately 10-30% of retinal ganglion cells are exclusively labeled in the retina. Many (but not all) mossy fibers are strongly labeled in cerebellar cortex, but no neurons are labeled in this area. In short, this line provides a strong and specific "Golgi-like" vital marker for several widely studied neuronal subsets, with minimal labeling of nearby axons. Fluorescence appears somewhat dim at birth but brightens in adult mice. Availability of multiple spectral variants is useful for double-labeling applications or breeding to other CFP/GFP lines.Strain Development
A transgenic construct containing a YFP gene under the direction of regulatory elements derived from the mouse Thy1 gene was injected into fertilized B6CBAF1 mouse eggs. Regulatory elements are composed of a 6.5 kb fragment obtained from the 5' portion of the Thy1 gene, extending from the promoter to the intron following exon 4. Exon 3 and its flanking introns are absent. The deleted sequences are required for expression in non-neural cells but not in neurons. The remainder of the sequence is required for neuronal expression. Founder animals were obtained and crossed with wildtype C57BL/6J mice.
| Allele Symbol | Tg(Thy1-YFPH)2Jrs | ||
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| Allele Name | transgene insertion 2, Joshua R Sanes | ||
| Common Name(s) | YFP-H; thy1-YFP line H; thy1-YFP-16Jrs; | ||
| Mutation Made By | Joshua Sanes, Harvard University | ||
| Strain of Origin | (C57BL/6 x CBA)F1 | ||
| Site of Expression | Sensory neurons in dorsal root ganglia, and pyramidal cells in Layer 5 of the cerebral cortex and in the hippocampus express YFP, 10-30% of retinal ganglion cells are exclusively labeled in the retina, mossy fibers are strongly labeled in cerebellar cortex. | ||
| Expressed Gene | YFP, Yellow Fluorescent Protein, jellyfish | ||
| Yellow Fluorescent Protein (YFP) is a derivative of Green Fluorescent Protein (GFP), a versatile reporter molecule which has found use in many biological applications. The original molecule has been modified in order to enhance fluorescence intensity and shift the wavelength emitted when excited. When YFP is utilized in a transgenic construct, tissue expressing sufficient amounts of YFP will fluoresce yellowish-green when exposed to a 513 nm light source. | |||
| Promoter | Thy1, thymus cell antigen 1, theta, mouse, laboratory | ||
| General Note | Transgenic mice express spectral variants of GFP (yellow-YFP) at high levels in motor and sensory neurons, as well as subsets of central neurons. Axons are brightly fluorescent all the way to the terminals. No expression is detectable in nonneural cells.In these mice a few motor axons are labeled in muscle tissue, allowing determination of branching pattern and definition of which muscle fibers are innervated by a single motor axon. Approximately 10-30% of sensory neurons are labeled in dorsal root ganglia. Layer 5 pyramidal cells are selectively labeled in cerebral cortex. Pyramidal neurons are selectively labeled in the hippocampus. Approximately 10-30% of retinal ganglion cells are exclusively labeled in the retina. Many (but not all) mossy fibers are strongly labeled in cerebellar cortex, but no neurons are labeled in this area. In short, this line provides a strong and specific "Golgi-like" vital marker for several widely studied neuronal subsets, with minimal labeling of nearby axons. Fluorescenceappears somewhat dim at birth but brightens in adult mice. | ||
| Molecular Note | The transgene contains a YFP gene under the direction of regulatory elements derived from the mouse Thy1 gene. The regulatory elements are composed of a 6.5 kb fragment obtained from the 5' portion of the Thy1 gene, extending from the promoter to the intron following exon 4, but lacking exon 3 and its flanking introns. The same construct was used to generate Tg(Thy1-YFP)16Jrs. [J:93699] | ||
| Control | ||
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| Noncarrier | ||
| 000664 C57BL/6J | ||
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| Diet Information | LabDiet® 5K52/5K67 |
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Additional ReferencesFeng G; Mellor RH; Bernstein M; Keller-Peck C; Nguyen QT; Wallace M; Nerbonne JM; Lichtman JW; Sanes JR. 2000. Imaging neuronal subsets in transgenic mice expressing multiple spectral variants of GFP. Neuron 28(1):41-51. [PubMed: 11086982] [J:93699]
| Strain Name: | B6.Cg-Tg(Thy1-YFPH)2Jrs/J |
| Stock Number: | 003782 |
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| Price(s) in US dollars ($) | Genotype(s) Provided | ||||
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| Individual Mouse Price | $232.00 | Hemizygous for Tg(Thy1-YFPH)2Jrs | |||
| Pair | $248.90 | C57BL/6J (000664) x Hemizygous for Tg(Thy1-YFPH)2Jrs | |||
| Pair | $247.50 | Hemizygous for Tg(Thy1-YFPH)2Jrs x C57BL/6J (000664) | |||
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