Methods library · Genes and genomes
Misexpression, electroporation and gain-of-function tests
Also called ectopic expression, overexpression, bead implant, In ovo and in utero electroporation
Testing sufficiency by supplying a gene, mRNA or protein where or when it is normally absent.
The film for this method is in production. Until then, the lessons below explain it where they use it.
Where it is taught
19 lessons use this method.
Developmental Neuroscience
- Neural Induction: The Default Model
- Local Organizers: The Midbrain-Hindbrain Boundary
- Ventral to Dorsal: Sonic Hedgehog and BMP in the Neural Tube
- Transcription Factor Codes: Building a Motor Neuron
- Mapping the Cortex: Areas and Arealization
- Reelin and the Reeler Mouse
- Netrin and DCC: One Cue, Two Answers
- Choosing a Partner: Layers, Self-Avoidance and Smell
- The Neurotrophic Hypothesis Tested
- Opening and Closing a Critical Period
- Injury and Regeneration: Why the Brain Does Not Regrow
- When Building Goes Wrong: Microcephaly, Zika and Lissencephaly
- What Makes the Human Brain Big
- Brains in a Dish: Stem Cells and Organoids