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Citation Thibault, S.T., Singer, M.A., Miyazaki, W.Y., Milash, B., Dompe, N.A., Singh, C.M., Buchholz, R., Demsky, M., Fawcett, R., Francis-Lang, H.L., Ryner, L., Cheung, L.M., Chong, A., Erickson, C., Fisher, W.W., Greer, K., Hartouni, S.R., Howie, E., Jakkula, L., Joo, D., Killpack, K., Laufer, A., Mazzotta, J., Smith, R.D., Stevens, L.M., Stuber, C., Tan, L.R., Ventura, R., Woo, A., Zakrajsek, I., Zhao, L., Chen, F., Swimmer, C., Kopczynski, C., Duyk, G., Winberg, M.L., Margolis, J. (2004). A complementary transposon tool kit for Drosophila melanogaster using P and piggyBac.  Nature Genetics 36(3): 283--287.
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PubMed ID 14981521
PubMed Abstract With the availability of complete genome sequence for Drosophila melanogaster, one of the next strategic goals for fly researchers is a complete gene knockout collection. The P-element transposon, the workhorse of D. melanogaster molecular genetics, has a pronounced nonrandom insertion spectrum. It has been estimated that 87% saturation of the approximately 13,500-gene complement of D. melanogaster might require generating and analyzing up to 150,000 insertions. We describe specific improvements to the lepidopteran transposon piggyBac and the P element that enabled us to tag and disrupt genes in D. melanogaster more efficiently. We generated over 29,000 inserts resulting in 53% gene saturation and a more diverse collection of phenotypically stronger insertional alleles. We found that piggyBac has distinct global and local gene-tagging behavior from that of P elements. Notably, piggyBac excisions from the germ line are nearly always precise, piggyBac does not share chromosomal hotspots associated with P and piggyBac is more effective at gene disruption because it lacks the P bias for insertion in 5' regulatory sequences.
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Supplementary material Supplementary Table 3. [FBrf0174228]

Supplementary Table 2. [FBrf0174227]

Supplementary Figure 1. [FBrf0174225]

Supplementary Table 1: Hotspot Loci. [FBrf0174226]

Computer file Genomic mapping of Exelixis insertion collection.
Gene Disruption Project members and Exelixis, 2005, Genomic mapping of Exelixis insertion collection. [FBrf0184340]

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Abbreviation Nature Genetics
Title Nature Genetics
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Place of publication New York
Language of publication English
ISBN/ISSN 1061-4036
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