Name: microinjection of a. aegypti embryos to obtain transgenic mosquitoes
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Description: Watch this Scientific Journal Video about Microinjection of A. aegypti Embryos to Obtain Transgenic Mosquitoes at JoVE.com

<p class="jove_title"> Preparación antes de la microinyección </p><ol><li> Los mosquitos la sangre de alimentación: para la inyección de lunes a viernes en hembras se alimentan el jueves anterior. </li><li> Prepare las agujas de vidrio mediante el programa de 3 o 2 (ver Materiales). </li><li> Por la que se tubo para los embriones de Drosophila vial cultura. Algodón húmedo en la parte inferior, con un disco de papel de filtro húmedo que lo cubre. </li><li> Prepare cubreobjetos de plástico adhesiva de doble cara de la cinta a un extremo. ...

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<td>1x Injection solution</td>
<td>Buffer</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>5mM KCl, 0.1mM sodium phosphate, ph 6. 8</td>
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<td>Construct plasmid</td>
<td>DNA</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
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<td>0.5 mg/ml.  </td>
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<td>Helper plasmid</td>
<td>DNA</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>0.3 mg/ml </td>
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<td>EndoFree Plasmid kit</td>
<td>Kit</td>
<td>Qiagen</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
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<td>Millex-GV column</td>
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<td>SLGV RO4 NL</td>
<td>To clean DNA.</td>
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<td>Glass puller</td>
<td>Instrument</td>
<td>Sutter Instrument Co</td>
<td>Model P-87</td>
<td>Heat-815, Pull-10, Vel-10, Time-100.
Heat-700, Pull-30, Vel-36, Time-50
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<td>Quartz puller</td>
<td>Instrument</td>
<td>Sutter Instrument Co</td>
<td>Model P-2000</td>
<td>Heat-275, Fil-3, Vel-38, Del-250, Pull-141</td>
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<td>Injection glass needles</td>
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<td>Prepared by drawing capillary tubing into a fine 3-8 um with a shaft of approximately 100-300 um micropipette puller. When the needle is new, the tip is sealed and usually breaks in the first or second injection or the glass needle tip can be beveled using a Brown type micro-pipette beveller (Sutter Instrument).</td>
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<td>Aedes aegypti</td>
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<td>Male and female mosquitos, to obtain embryos.</td>
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<td>Drosophila culture vial</td>
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<td>For mosquito egg-laying.</td>
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<td>Halocarbon oil</td>
<td>Reagent</td>
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<td>Oil for desiccation: Halocarbon oil 700:Halocarbon oil 27(1:1)</td>
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<td>Forceps No5</td>
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<td>Fine paintbrush</td>
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<td>Sable</td>
<td>No. 0000</td>
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<td>Whatman paper</td>
<td>Tool</td>
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<td>Microloader</td>
<td>Tool</td>
<td>Eppendorf</td>
<td>5242 956.003</td>
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<td>Transjector</td>
<td>Tool</td>
<td>Eppendorf</td>
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<td>Microscope</td>
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<td>Leica</td>
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<td>With moving stage and micromanipulator.</td>
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<td>3MM Whatman paper</td>
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<td>double sided tape</td>
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microinjection of a. aegypti embryos to obtain transgenic mosquitoes

<p class="jove_content">En este video, Nijole Jasinskiene demuestra la metodología utilizada para generar transgénicos mosquito Aedes aegypti, que son vectores de la fiebre del dengue. Las técnicas para la correcta preparación de las agujas de microinyección, desecación embriones, y la realización de la microinyección se demuestran.</p>

Watch this Scientific Journal Video about Microinjection of A. aegypti Embryos to Obtain Transgenic Mosquitoes at JoVE.com

Microinjection of A. aegypti Embryos to Obtain Transgenic Mosquitoes

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