Chicken cardiac troponin T (cTnT) promoter
Cardiac-specific promoter derived from the cardiac troponin T gene, restricting expression to cardiomyocytes. Provides moderate, stable cardiac expression with minimal skeletal muscle or non-muscle activity.
Characteristics
~0.5 kb cardiomyocyte-specific promoter from the chicken cTnT gene. Drives strong cardiac-restricted expression across vertebrate species; used in AAV and lentiviral cardiac gene delivery.
Applications: Cardiomyocyte-restricted expression