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Friedel, R.H.* ; Wurst, W. ; Wefers, B.* ; Kühn, R.

Generating conditional knockout mice.

Methods Mol. Biol. 693, 205-231 (2011)
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Gene targeting in ES cells is extensively used to generate designed mouse mutants and to study gene function in vivo. Knockout mice that harbor a null allele in their germline provide appropriate genetic models of inherited diseases and often exhibit embryonic or early postnatal lethality. To study gene function in adult mice and in selected cell types, a refined strategy for conditional gene inactivation has been developed that relies on the DNA recombinase Cre and its recognition (loxP) sites. For conditional mutagenesis, a target gene is modified by the insertion of two loxP sites that enable to excise the flanked (floxed) gene segment through Cre-mediated recombination. Conditional mutant mice are obtained by crossing the floxed strain with a Cre transgenic line such that the target gene becomes inactivated in vivo within the expression domain of Cre. A large collection of Cre transgenic lines has been generated over time and can be used in a combinatorial manner to achieve gene inactivation in many different cell types. A growing number of CreER(T2) transgenic mice further allows for inducible inactivation of floxed alleles in adult mice upon administration of tamoxifen. This chapter covers the design and construction of loxP flanked alleles and refers to the vectors, ES cells, and mice generated by the European conditional mouse mutagenesis (EUCOMM) project. We further describe the design and use of Cre and CreER(T2) transgenic mice and a convenient breeding strategy to raise conditional mutants and controls for phenotype analysis.
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Publikationstyp Artikel: Journalartikel
Dokumenttyp Wissenschaftlicher Artikel
Herausgeber Hofker, M.H.* ; Deursen, J.*
Schlagwörter Cre; IoxP; Conditional mutant; Mouse mutant; ES cells; Inducible; Tamoxifen
ISSN (print) / ISBN 1064-3745
e-ISSN 1940-6029
Konferenztitel Transgenic Mouse Methods and Protocols
Zeitschrift Methods in Molecular Biology
Quellenangaben Band: 693, Heft: , Seiten: 205-231 Artikelnummer: , Supplement: ,
Verlag Springer
Verlagsort Berlin [u.a.]
Begutachtungsstatus Peer reviewed
Institut(e) Institute of Developmental Genetics (IDG)