title: Reporter mouse lines for fluorescence imaging.
abstract: The use of live imaging approaches to examine and understand the dynamic processes that take place during mouse development has become widespread. Several groups have reported their success in generating different reporter mouse lines that express a variety of fluorescent markers for imaging. However, there is currently no established database of the reporter mouse lines available for live imaging, such as the Cre transgenic lines (Cre-X-Mice). Researchers therefore often have difficulties in determining which reporter mouse line meets their research purposes. In this review, we summarize some of the reporter mouse lines that have been generated for live imaging studies, and discuss their characteristics.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory for Animal Resources and Genetic Engineering, RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology (CDB), 2-2-3 Minatojima-minamimachi, Chuo-ku, Kobe, Hyogo, 650-0047, Japan.
authors.forename: Takaya
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Abe
authors.forename: Toshihiko
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Fujimori
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002460:Cell Line; D019070:Cell Lineage; D002467:Cell Nucleus / Q000378:metabolism; D018507:Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental; D017930:Genes, Reporter; D049452:Green Fluorescent Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D019426:Integrases / Q000235:genetics; D051379:Mice; D008822:Mice, Transgenic; D008856:Microscopy, Fluorescence / Q000379:methods*; D015388:Organelles / Q000378:metabolism; D051598:Whole Body Imaging
chemical_list: D049452:Green Fluorescent Proteins; C045073:Cre recombinase; D019426:Integrases