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. 2013 Jul 16;8(7):e68548. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0068548

Table 1. Evaluating promoter and enhancer specificity to determine optimum transgenic construc configuration for enhancer characterization.

β-globin (none) γ-cry (eye)
Transgenic Efficiency Eye/Skin Muscle/Kidney Other Transgenic Efficiency Eye/Skin Muscle/Kidney Other
Promoter Only 0/173 0 0 0 43/56 (76%) 100% 0 0
IRX3 KE 27/101 (27%) 0 56% 44% 219/282 (77%) 60% 40% 0
Dystophin ME 97/202 (48%) 0 98% 2% 76/179 (42%) 47% 53% 0
MyoD ME 93/133 (70%) 0 100% 0 169/181 (93%) 4% 96% 0
Irx3 (eye) Krt8 (skin)
Transgenic Efficiency Eye/Skin Muscle/Kidney Other Transgenic Efficiency Eye/Skin Muscle/Kidney Other
Promoter Only 25/138 (18%) 60% 28% 22% 167/211 (79%) 80% 3% 17%
IRX3 KE 47/97 (48%) 30% 60% 10% 161/214 (75%) 60% 24% 16%
Dystophin ME 80/199 (40%) 2% 96% 2% 156/177 (88%) 25% 69% 6%
MyoD ME 87/173 (50%) 2% 98% 0 167/178 (93%) 9% 89% 2%
Hsp68 (none)
Transgenic Efficiency Eye/Skin Muscle/Kidney Other
Promoter Only 86/110 (78%) 20% 56% 24%
IRX3 KE 79/99 (79%) 21% 49% 30%
Dystophin ME 162/182 (89%) 10% 75% 15%
MyoD ME 205/240 (85%) 12% 78% 10%