AAV with cTNT promoter driven LacZ

This AAV expresses LacZ driven by a cardiac cTNT promoter.

cTNT promoter is a 0.4 Kb fragment derived from the chicken troponin T gene, and drives cardiomyocyte muscle-specific gene expression.

The bacterial enzyme -galactosidase (gene LacZ) is frequently used as a reporter gene. It can be easily located with LacZ staining using the artificial substrate X-gal, which turns blue when cleaved by -galactosidase (LacZ).