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Spatiotemporal gene expression

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inducer/repressor system which provides temporal control of gene expression. To control gene expression spatially inkjet printers are under development for printing ligands on gel culture. Other popular method involves use of light to control gene expression in spatiotemporal fashion. Since light can
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tissues. Techniques that require fixation of tissue can only generate a single temporal time point per individual organism. However, using live animals instead of fixed tissue can be crucial in dynamically understanding expression patterns over an individual's lifespan. Either way, variation between
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to the mRNA of the gene, is added to the tissue. This probe is then chemically tagged so that it can be visualized later. This technique enables visualization specifically of mRNA-producing cells without any of the artifacts associated with immunohistochemistry. However, it is notoriously difficult,
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with specific affinity for the protein associated with the gene of interest. This distribution of this antibody can then be visualized by a technique such as fluorescent labeling. Immunohistochemistry has the advantages of being methodologically feasible and relatively inexpensive. Its disadvantages
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In situ hybridizations of genes expressed in arteries (top) and veins (bottom) in zebrafish. Blue staining indicates presence of the gene mRNAs. Panels on the left are normal animals, while animals on the right are mutated in the Notch gene. Fish lacking Notch have fewer arteries and more veins at
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proximal to the insertion point, the reporter gene will be expressed in particular tissues at particular points in development. While enhancer-trap derived expression patterns do not necessarily reflect the actual patterns of expression of specific genes, they reveal the variety of spatiotemporal
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What causes spatial and temporal differences in the expression of a single gene? Because current expression patterns depend strictly on previous expression patterns, there is a regressive problem of explaining what caused the first differences in gene expression. The process by which uniform gene
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which is expressed in all cells at all times in life. Some, on the other hand, are extraordinarily intricate and difficult to predict and model, with expression fluctuating wildly from minute to minute or from cell to cell. Spatiotemporal variation plays a key role in generating the diversity of
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downstream of its promoter. In this configuration, the promoter gene will cause the reporter gene to be expressed only where and when the gene of interest is expressed. The expression distribution of the reporter gene can be determined by visualizing it. For example, the reporter gene
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found in developed organisms; since the identity of a cell is specified by the collection of genes actively expressed within that cell, if gene expression was uniform spatially and temporally, there could be at most one kind of cell.
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screening reveals the diversity of spatiotemporal gene expression patterns possible in an organism. In this technique, DNA that encodes a reporter gene is randomly inserted into the genome. Depending on the gene
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Tang, XinJing; Maegawa, Shingo; Weinberg, Eric S.; Dmochowski, Ivan J. (2007). "Regulating Gene Expression in Zebrafish Embryos Using Light-Activated, Negatively Charged Peptide Nucleic Acids".
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demonstrating the control of gene expression spatiotemporally. Recently light based control has been shown at DNA level using transgene based system or caged triplex forming oligos
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results. Furthermore, since immunohistochemistry visualizes the protein generated by the gene, if the protein product diffuses between cells, or has a particularly short or long
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also be controlled easily in space, time and degree, several methods of controlling gene expression at DNA and RNA level have been developed and are under study. For example,
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Alexander Heckel, GĂźnter Mayer, "The Chemical Biology of Nucleic Acids", Chapter 13. Light-Responsive Nucleic Acids for the Spatiotemporal Control of Biological Processes.
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is expressed across almost the entire embryo in alternating stripes three cells separated. This pattern is lost by the time the organism develops into a larva, but
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Jain, Piyush K.; Shah, Samit; Friedman, Simon H. (2011). "Patterning of Gene Expression Using New Photolabile Groups Applied to Light Activated RNAi".
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Ando, Hideki; Furuta, Toshiaki; Tsien, Roger Y.; Okamoto, Hitoshi (2001). "Photo-mediated gene activation using caged RNA/DNA in zebrafish embryos".
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can be controlled using light and also patterning of gene expression has been performed in cell monolayer and in zebrafish embryos using caged
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The gamma-crystalline promoter drives expression of the green fluorescent protein reporter gene exclusively in the eye of an adult frog.
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Shestopalov, Ilya A; Chen, James K (2011). "Spatiotemporal Control of Embryonic Gene Expression Using Caged Morpholinos".
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If the promoter of the gene of interest is unknown, there are several ways to identify its spatiotemporal distribution.
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Shah, Samit; Rangarajan, Subhashree; Friedman, Simon H. (2005). "Light‐Activated RNA Interference".
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identification of expression. Poor penetrance of the antibody into the target tissue can lead to
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Govan, Jeane M.; Uprety, Rajendra; Hemphill, James; Lively, Mark O.; Deiters, Alexander (2012).
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the protein, this can lead to distorted interpretation of which cells are expressing the
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Expression patterns during Drosophila embryogenesis as inferred by in situ hybridization
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Reporter genes can be visualized in living organisms, but both immunohistochemistry and
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of regulatory interactions consisting of the effects of many different genes such as
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Browse spatiotemporal gene expression patterns organized by human chromosome number
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Gene expression patterns are regulated both spatially and temporally in embryos of
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One way to identify the expression pattern of a particular gene is to place a
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individuals can confound the interpretation of temporal expression patterns.
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family of genes. In the early embryonic development of the model organism
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spatially, temporally and in different degrees. One method is by using
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http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/9780470664001.ch13/summary
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can be visualized by stimulating it with blue light and then using a
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expression becomes spatially and temporally differential is known as
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Search for mammalian genes with particular expression patterns
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is still expressed in a variety of tissues such as the wing
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is an alternate method in which a "probe," a synthetic
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activation
genes
tissues
development
cell types
wnt
Drosophila melanogaster
imaginal discs
spatiotemporal pattern
network
symmetry breaking
oocyte
messenger RNA
laid

reporter gene
green fluorescent protein
digital camera
fluorescent
Immunohistochemistry
antibody
false positive
false negative
half-life
mRNA
translate
mRNA

In situ hybridization

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