Table 1. Binary Reporter Constructs for Visualization of Neurons.
Examples of reporters used with the GAL4, QF and LexA binary systems for the visualization of neurons.
Regulation | Reporter | Location | Readout | References | |
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GAL4 | 5×/10×UAS | GFP | Cytoplasmic | Green | Yeh et al., 1995; Pfeiffer et al., 2010 |
5×UAS | 2×GFP | Cytoplasmic | Green | Halfon et al., 2002 | |
1×/3×/5×/10×/15×/20×/40×UAS | CD8-GFP | Membrane | Green | Lee and Luo, 1999; Pfeiffer et al., 2010 | |
5×UAS/10×-UAS | myr-GFP | Membrane | Green | Ritzenthaler et al., 2000; Pfeiffer et al., 2010 | |
5×UAS | CD8-DsRed | Membrane | Red | Ye et al., 2007 | |
5×UAS | CD2-RFP | Membrane | Red | Yu et., 2009 | |
5×UAS | mtdTomato-3×HA | Membrane | Red | Potter et al., 2010 | |
5×UAS | HRP-CD2 | Membrane | DAB/EM | Larsen et al., 2003; Watts et al., 2004 | |
5×UAS | synaptotagmin-GFP | Synaptic vesicle | Green | Zhang et., 2002 | |
2×UAS | n-synaptobrevin-YFP | Synaptic vesicle | Yellow | Rolls et al., 2007 | |
5×UAS | n-synaptobrevin-GFP | Synaptic vesicle | Green | Estes et al., 2000; Zhang et., 2002 | |
5×UAS | bruchpilot-GFP | Active zone | Green | Wagh et al., 2006 | |
5×UAS | cacophony-GFP | Active zone | Green | Kawasaki et al., 2004 | |
5×UAS | DenMark | Dendrites | Red | Nicolai et al., 2010 | |
5×UAS | Dscam[exon 17.1]-GFP | Dendrites | Green | Wang et al., 2004 | |
5×UAS | Rdl-HA | Synapse | Antibody | Sanchez-Soriano et al., 2005 | |
5×UAS | Dα7-GFP | Synapse | Green | Leiss et al., 2009 | |
5×UAS | EYFP-Mito | Mitochondria | Yellow | LaJeunesse et al., 2004 | |
5×UAS | EYFP-ER | Endoplasmatic reticulum | Yellow | LaJeunesse et al., 2004 | |
5×UAS | EYFP-Golgi | Golgi complex | Yellow | LaJeunesse et al., 2004 | |
5×UAS | GFP-NLS | Nucleus | Green | Yasunaga et al., 2006 | |
Q | 5×QUAS | CD8-GFP | Membrane | Green | Potter et al., 2010 |
5×QUAS | tdTomato-3×HA | Membrane | Red | Potter et al., 2010 | |
LexA | 8×LexO | CD2-GFP | Membrane | Green | Lai and Lee., 2006 |
8×/13×/16×/26×LexO | CD8-GFP | Membrane | Green | Pfeiffer et al., 2010 | |
8×LexO | myr-mCherry | Membrane | Red | Diegelmann et al., 2008 | |
8×LexO | mCherry-CAAX | Membrane | Red | Yagi et al., 2010 |