Talk:Tet-off

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The "Tet-off" system is a real technique for controlling expression of genes in mammalian cells. There is also a "Tet-on" system. Basically, a gene of interest is connected to a specially designed promoter that can be controlled by the drug tetracyline. For example, if you wanted to study the effects of gene Foo on the immune system of adult mice, you could make a transgenic mouse in which the Foo gene was turned off by Tetracyline. When the mice are adults, you add tetracyline to their drinking water to turn off Foo and then see what happens. The tech has been around for 5-10 years.

The fact that one particular molecular biology company has the patent on this technology doesn't neccessarily make the page an ad. I think we should give the author a chance to expand the article. Thatcher131 15:07, 14 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Merge

I know I just did a bunch of updates on this page but I realized that it would be nearly identical to the tet-on page. The two processes are so much alike they should be one page.Jvbishop 16:58, 16 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I will merge the pages if no one objects by February 25th 2007Jvbishop 17:03, 16 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]