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% |