Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA, USA.
Adv Exp Med Biol. 2018;1029:153-164. doi: 10.1007/978-981-10-7545-2_14.
Ascidians are increasingly being used as a system for investigating cell biology during development. The extreme genetic and cellular simplicity of ascidian embryos in combination with superior experimental tractability make this an ideal system for in vivo analysis of dynamic cellular processes. Transgenic approaches to cellular and sub-cellular analysis of ascidian development have begun to yield new insights into the mechanisms regulating developmental signaling and morphogenesis. This chapter focuses on the targeted expression of fusion proteins in ascidian embryos and how this technique is being deployed to garner new insights into the cell biology of development.
海鞘正越来越多地被用作研究发育过程中细胞生物学的系统。海鞘胚胎在遗传和细胞上的极端简单性,加上出色的实验可操作性,使它们成为分析动态细胞过程的理想系统。对海鞘发育的细胞和亚细胞的转基因分析方法已经开始提供新的见解,揭示了调节发育信号转导和形态发生的机制。本章重点介绍融合蛋白在海鞘胚胎中的靶向表达,以及这项技术如何被用来深入了解发育的细胞生物学。