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Gene Synthesis> | To generate vector ABy, the base vector used to generate vectors AByA-AByJ, several components were cloned into the piggyBac plasmid pBac[3xP3-DsRed] (Li, Bui, Yang, et al. 2017) using Gibson assembly/EA cloning (Gibson et al. 2009). First, a Gypsy insulator fragment amplified with primers ABy.1 and ABy.2 from Drosophila genomic DNA, the 3xP3 promoter amplified with primers ABy.3 and ABy.4 from plasmid pBac[3xP3-EGFP afm] (Horn & Wimmer 2000), and a Drosophila codon optimized tdTomato marker amplified with primers ABy.5 and ABy.6 from a gene synthesized vector (Genscript, Piscataway, NJ) were cloned into a BstBI/NotI digested pBac[3xP3-DsRed] backbone using EA cloning. | Get A Quote |
Despite the importance of Y-chromosomes in evolution and sex determination, their heterochromatic, repeat-rich nature makes them difficult to sequence and genetically manipulate, and therefore they generally remain poorly understood. For example, the D. melanogaster Y-chromosome, one of the best understood, is widely heterochromatic and composed mainly of highly repetitive sequences, with only a handful of expressed genes scattered throughout its length. Efforts to insert transgenes on this chromosome have thus far relied on either random insertion of transposons (sometimes harboring ‘landing sites’ for subsequent integrations) with limited success or on chromosomal translocations, thereby limiting the ty... More