Figure 2From: Amyloid peptides ABri and ADan show differential neurotoxicity in transgenic Drosophila models of familial British and Danish dementiaGeneration of transgenic lines with similar expression levels. A, schematic representation of the fusion peptides used to generate transgenic flies. Amino-acid single-letter code is used. Nec, the signal peptide of necrotic (MASKVSILLLLTVHLLAAQTFAQ); (H)6 indicates the 6 × His-tag. The arrow indicates the site of cleavage in the secretory pathway. The rectangle encloses the sequence shared by Bri2-23, ABri and ADan. B, agarose gels showing the PCR products obtained from genomic DNA of transgenic lines carrying one copy of untagged (arrowheads) or two copies: one untagged and the other with a 6 × His-tagged peptide DNAs (arrows). On the right, molecular markers in base-pairs (bp). C, similar levels of mRNA expression of Bri2-23, ABri and ADan in the eye as determined by QRT-PCR normalized with tubulin mRNA. Bars represent the mean ± SEM of 3 independent experiments. A.U., arbitrary units.Back to article page