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Fluorescent mapping strains

A graduate student in Erik’s lab (Matt LaBella) has built two mapping strains based on fluorescent miniMos insertions. Each strain contains three distinct fluorescent markers on separate chromosomes in a him background. He and others in the lab has used

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miniMos reagents available from Addgene

We have released the miniMos reagents prior to publication so that other researchers can use them without having to wait. The plasmids can be ordered either individually (see plasmids) or as a kit (29 plasmids – 8 co-injection vectors, 16

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miniMos reagents

We are planning to release the miniMos reagents through Addgene. They’ve promised us that they should be ready for distrubtion by the end of July. I’ll post information here – as well as detailed protocols for insertion and for mapping

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