Available Genes/cDNAs

Name

Description/Locus

species

notes

Reference

hGFP “humanized” green fluorescent protein NA Zolotukhin et al. 1996
RFP Red fluorescent protein NA
mCherry NA Absorb/emiss: 587nm/610nm Ryals et al. 2011
CRE Cre recombinase P1 Bacteriophage Kaneko et al. 2011
BDNF Pease et al. 2009
CNTF Ciliary neurotrophic factor Mouse and rat Bok et al 2002: Pease et al. 2009
GDNF Glial cell derived neurotrophic factor human McGee et al. 2001
 
XIAP X-linked inhibitor of apoptosis protein/BIRC/BIRC4 human Potent anti-apoptotic agent McKinnon et al. 2002; Petrin et al. 2003
PEDF Pigment epithelium derived factor human Potent inhibitor of neo-vascularization Raisler et al. 2002
PDE6B Rod phosphodiesterase subunit beta mouse Pang et al 2008; Pang et al. 2011
RPE65 RPE-specific 65 kDa protein Human and dog Acland et al. 2001; Pang et al. 2006; Cideciyan et al. 2008
Myc_RPE65 Myc tagged hRPE65 human Recognized by anti-Myc antibody
GNAT1 Guanine nucleotide-binding protein G(t) subunit alpha-1/rod transducin alpha mouse Deng et al. 2009
GNAT2 cone transducin alpha mouse Alexander et al. 2007
MERTK Proto-oncogene tyrosine-protein kinase MER human Deng et al. 2012
ChR2 Channelrhodopsin-2/CHOP2 Chlamydomonas Doroudchi et al. 2011
ChR2-mCherry Channelrhodopsin-2 fused to mCherry   ChR2 is functional
sENG Soluble Edoglin human