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. 2007 Oct 31;8(Suppl 1):S8. doi: 10.1186/gb-2007-8-s1-s8

Table 1.

Comparative analysis of enhancer trap screens

Model animal Vector Reporter Promoter Insertion bias Insertion ite Remobilization of vector Footprint Mutation Tissue-specific pattern Number of lines Ref.
Medaka fish (Oryzeas latipes) SB10 GFP cska (ubiquitous) NA TA Possible NA NA + 174 [17]
Zebrafish (Danio rerio) Tol2 GFP Mini-keratin8 (tissue specific) ≥ 50% close to/inside genes Variable Possible, shown Variable Possible + 37 [10,35]
Zebrafish SB10 GFP ef1α (ubiquitous) ≥ 50% close to/inside genes TA Possible, shown NA Possible + 9 [13]
Zebrafish MLV provirus YFP gata2 (tissue specific) Close to/inside genes Variable Not possible NA About 5% to 10% of insertions + 95 [22]

GFP, green fluorescent protein; MLV, murine leukemia virus; NA, not assessed; SB, Sleeping Beauty; YFP, yellow fluorescent protein.