The Zebrafish CreZoo: An Easy-to-Handle Database for Novel CreERT2-Driver Lines
- Authors
- Jungke, P., Hans, S., and Brand, M.
- ID
- ZDB-PUB-130610-72
- Date
- 2013
- Source
- Zebrafish 10(3): 259-63 (Journal)
- Registered Authors
- Brand, Michael, Hans, Stefan, Jungke, Peggy
- Keywords
- none
- MeSH Terms
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- Animals
- Databases as Topic*
- Zebrafish*
- PubMed
- 23668932 Full text @ Zebrafish
We report a new open access database, the zebrafish CreZoo (http://crezoo.crt-dresden.de), which contains novel CreERT2-driver lines that express Cre fused to the mutated human ligand-binding domain of the estrogen receptor (CreERT2) in several tissues. Recently, the conditional Cre/loxP technology has been added to the toolbox for the precise manipulation of the zebrafish genome, but currently the number of CreERT2-driver lines is limited. To enlarge the pool of existing CreERT2-driver lines, we conducted a genome-wide screen using a gene trap cassette comprising a splice acceptor and an mCherry-tagged variant of CreERT2. All molecular and expression data obtained in this screen are summarized in the CreZoo database, which currently comprises an inventory of about 47 Cre-driver lines expressing CreERT2 in a cell- and tissue-specific manner during development and adulthood. Combined with other Cre-dependent effector lines, the CreZoo will be a great tool to manipulate the zebrafish genome.