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The expanding universe of transposon technologies for gene and cell engineering
Transposable elements can be viewed as natural DNA transfer vehicles that, similar to integrating viruses, are capable of efficient genomic insertion. The mobility of class II transposable elements (DNA transposons) can be controlled by conditionally providing the transposase component of the transp...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3016246/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21138556 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1759-8753-1-25 |
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author | Ivics, Zoltán Izsvák, Zsuzsanna |
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description | Transposable elements can be viewed as natural DNA transfer vehicles that, similar to integrating viruses, are capable of efficient genomic insertion. The mobility of class II transposable elements (DNA transposons) can be controlled by conditionally providing the transposase component of the transposition reaction. Thus, a DNA of interest (be it a fluorescent marker, a small hairpin (sh)RNA expression cassette, a mutagenic gene trap or a therapeutic gene construct) cloned between the inverted repeat sequences of a transposon-based vector can be used for stable genomic insertion in a regulated and highly efficient manner. This methodological paradigm opened up a number of avenues for genome manipulations in vertebrates, including transgenesis for the generation of transgenic cells in tissue culture, the production of germline transgenic animals for basic and applied research, forward genetic screens for functional gene annotation in model species, and therapy of genetic disorders in humans. Sleeping Beauty (SB) was the first transposon shown to be capable of gene transfer in vertebrate cells, and recent results confirm that SB supports a full spectrum of genetic engineering including transgenesis, insertional mutagenesis, and therapeutic somatic gene transfer both ex vivo and in vivo. The first clinical application of the SB system will help to validate both the safety and efficacy of this approach. In this review, we describe the major transposon systems currently available (with special emphasis on SB), discuss the various parameters and considerations pertinent to their experimental use, and highlight the state of the art in transposon technology in diverse genetic applications. |
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spelling | pubmed-30162462011-01-06 The expanding universe of transposon technologies for gene and cell engineering Ivics, Zoltán Izsvák, Zsuzsanna Mob DNA Review Transposable elements can be viewed as natural DNA transfer vehicles that, similar to integrating viruses, are capable of efficient genomic insertion. The mobility of class II transposable elements (DNA transposons) can be controlled by conditionally providing the transposase component of the transposition reaction. Thus, a DNA of interest (be it a fluorescent marker, a small hairpin (sh)RNA expression cassette, a mutagenic gene trap or a therapeutic gene construct) cloned between the inverted repeat sequences of a transposon-based vector can be used for stable genomic insertion in a regulated and highly efficient manner. This methodological paradigm opened up a number of avenues for genome manipulations in vertebrates, including transgenesis for the generation of transgenic cells in tissue culture, the production of germline transgenic animals for basic and applied research, forward genetic screens for functional gene annotation in model species, and therapy of genetic disorders in humans. Sleeping Beauty (SB) was the first transposon shown to be capable of gene transfer in vertebrate cells, and recent results confirm that SB supports a full spectrum of genetic engineering including transgenesis, insertional mutagenesis, and therapeutic somatic gene transfer both ex vivo and in vivo. The first clinical application of the SB system will help to validate both the safety and efficacy of this approach. In this review, we describe the major transposon systems currently available (with special emphasis on SB), discuss the various parameters and considerations pertinent to their experimental use, and highlight the state of the art in transposon technology in diverse genetic applications. BioMed Central 2010-12-07 /pmc/articles/PMC3016246/ /pubmed/21138556 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1759-8753-1-25 Text en Copyright ©2010 Ivics and Izsvák; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (<url>http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0</url>), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Review Ivics, Zoltán Izsvák, Zsuzsanna The expanding universe of transposon technologies for gene and cell engineering |
title | The expanding universe of transposon technologies for gene and cell engineering |
title_full | The expanding universe of transposon technologies for gene and cell engineering |
title_fullStr | The expanding universe of transposon technologies for gene and cell engineering |
title_full_unstemmed | The expanding universe of transposon technologies for gene and cell engineering |
title_short | The expanding universe of transposon technologies for gene and cell engineering |
title_sort | expanding universe of transposon technologies for gene and cell engineering |
topic | Review |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3016246/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21138556 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1759-8753-1-25 |
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