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. 2012 Jun 18;5:8. doi: 10.1186/1756-8935-5-8

Table 3.

Rescue of CTCF-deficient ES cells by exogenously introduced GFP-CTCF(L)

Species Construct Deletion in ES cells** Partial deletion in ES cells** No deletion in ES cells** Functional CTCF substitution
N.a.*
GFP-CRE
0% (0/65)
28% (18/65)
72% (47/65)
No
Mouse
GFPCTCFL-
0% (0/18)
50% (9/18)
50% (9/18)
No
Mouse
CTCFGFP- CRE
83% (19/23)
0% (0/23)
17% (4/23)
Yes
Mouse
GFPCTCF- CRE
95% (40/42)
2% (1/42)
2% (1/42)
Yes
Chicken CTCFYFP- CRE 90% (37/41) 2% (1/41) 7% (3/41) Yes

*: Not applicable.

**: Percentage and number of clones (between brackets) in which the conditional CTCF alleles were deleted, partially deleted or not deleted are shown.