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Gene Transfer to the Developing Mouse Inner Ear by In Vivo Electroporation
Published on: June 30, 2012
Creation of a transgenic mouse for hair-cell gene targeting by using a modified bacterial artificial chromosome
Yong Tian1, Mingyuan Li, Bernd Fritzsch
1Department of Developmental Neurobiology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee.
Abstract:
We made a transgenic mouse that expresses Cre recombinase activity in inner ear hair cells by using a modified bacterial artificial chromosome containing Prestin. Cre recombinase activity was restricted to inner and outer hair cells, a subset of vestibular hair cells, spiral and vestibular ganglia in the inner ear, and a subset of cells in the testis, epididymis, and ear bone. This mouse will be useful for hair-cell-specific gene targeting.

