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A Novel Strategy fo...
A Novel Strategy for Live Detection of Viral Infection in Drosophila melanogaster
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- Ekström, Jens-Ola (author)
- Umeå universitet,Institutionen för molekylärbiologi (Medicinska fakulteten),BioMediTech, FI-33014 University of Tampere, Finland
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- Hultmark, Dan (author)
- Umeå universitet,Institutionen för molekylärbiologi (Medicinska fakulteten),BioMediTech, FI-33014 University of Tampere, Finland
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- 2016-05-18
- 2016
- English.
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In: Scientific Reports. - : Springer Science and Business Media LLC. - 2045-2322. ; 6
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- We have created a transgenic reporter for virus infection, and used it to study Nora virus infection in Drosophila melanogaster. The transgenic construct, Munin, expresses the yeast transcription factor Gal4, tethered to a transmembrane anchor via a linker that can be cleaved by a viral protease. In infected cells, liberated Gal4 will then transcribe any gene that is linked to a promoter with a UAS motif, the target for Gal4 transcription. For instance, infected cells will glow red in the offspring of a cross between the Munin stock and flies with a UAS-RFPnls transgene (expressing a red fluorescent protein). In such flies we show that after natural infection, via the faecal-oral route, 5-15% of the midgut cells are infected, but there is little if any infection elsewhere. By contrast, we can detect infection in many other tissues after injection of virus into the body cavity. The same principle could be applied for other viruses and it could also be used to express or suppress any gene of interest in infected cells.
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- MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP -- Medicinsk bioteknologi -- Medicinsk bioteknologi (hsv//swe)
- MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES -- Medical Biotechnology -- Medical Biotechnology (hsv//eng)
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