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- Title
Improved translation efficiency of injected mRNA during early embryonic development.
- Authors
Fink, Maria; Flekna, Gabriele; Ludwig, Alfred; Heimbucher, Thomas; Czerny, Thomas
- Abstract
Injection techniques are a powerful approach to study gene function in fish and frog model systems. In particular, in vitro transcribed mRNA is broadly used for such misexpression experiments. Sequence elements flanking the coding region, such as untranslated repeats and polyadenylation sequences, are known to affect the stability and the translation efficiency of mRNA. Here we show that in early embryos, poly(A) signals strongly contribute to the activity of the injected mRNA. Of interest, they only marginally affect mRNA stability, whereas the translation efficiency is dramatically enhanced. Combination of a poly(A) tail and an SV40 late poly(A) signal leads to highly synergistic effects of the two elements for injected mRNA. Compared with established vector systems, we detected a 20-fold improvement for mRNA derived from the novel transcription vector pMC. Developmental Dynamics 235:3370-3378, 2006. © 2006 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
- Publication
Developmental Dynamics, 2006, Vol 235, Issue 12, p3370
- ISSN
1058-8388
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/dvdy.20995