This article aims to provide the methodology for lentiviral transgenesis in rat embryos using multiple injections of a virus suspension into the zygote perivitelline space. Female rats that are mated with a fertile male strain with a different dominant fur color is used to generate pseudopregnant foster mothers.
Koza, P., Przybyś, J., Klejman, A., Olech-Kochańczyk, G., Konopka, W. Generation of Transgenic Rats using a Lentiviral Vector Approach. J. Vis. Exp. (159), e60570, doi:10.3791/60570 (2020).