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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Oct 20.
Published in final edited form as: Neuron. 2011 Oct 20;72(2):202–230. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2011.09.021

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

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