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Table 1 Comparative analysis of enhancer trap screens

From: Transposons as tools for enhancer trap screens in vertebrates

Model animal

Vector

Reporter

Promoter

Insertion bias

Insertion ite

Remobilization of vector

Footprint

Mutation

Tissue-specific pattern

Number of lines

Ref.

Medaka fish (Oryzeas latipes)

SB10

GFP

cska (ubiquitous)

NA

TA

Possible

NA

NA

+

174

[17]

Zebrafish (Danio rerio)

Tol2

GFP

Mini-keratin8 (tissue specific)

≥ 50% close to/inside genes

Variable

Possible, shown

Variable

Possible

+

37

[10,35]

Zebrafish

SB10

GFP

ef1α (ubiquitous)

≥ 50% close to/inside genes

TA

Possible, shown

NA

Possible

+

9

[13]

Zebrafish

MLV provirus

YFP

gata2 (tissue specific)

Close to/inside genes

Variable

Not possible

NA

About 5% to 10% of insertions

+

95

[22]

  1. GFP, green fluorescent protein; MLV, murine leukemia virus; NA, not assessed; SB, Sleeping Beauty; YFP, yellow fluorescent protein.