In this image, the reporter (djl-LacZ+intron) uses the transcriptional and translational control elements from the gene djl, along with an intron engineered into the reporter transcript, to drive expression of beta-galactosidase. The protein is expressed exclusively in elongating spermatids (stained blue), and is absent from cells at earlier stages of sperm development and from the somatic cells. See Caporilli et al.
Image Credit: Helen White-Cooper
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