Name

Ci-Bra>Tbx2/3-VP16::GFP (José-Edwards 2013)

Targeted Gene

(TBX2; TBX3; TBX4)

Family

Sequence-based

Type

overexpression_construct

Supplier

Comment

The Brachyury promoter is used to misexpress a constitutive activator form of Tbx2/3 in notochord cells and GFP (to allow for the detection of incorporation of the transgenes). Tbx2/3-VP16 is an heterologous fusion of the DBD with the VP16 activation domain.

Regulation

Gain of function

Publication

José-Edwards et al. (2013). Tbx2/3 is an essential mediator within the Brachyury gene network during Ciona notochord development. Development 140(11):2422-33