Model Description: These Brca1 flox mice possess loxP sites flanking exons 5 . When crossed with a Cre recombinase-expressing strain, this strain is useful in eliminating tissue-specific conditional expression of the gene.
Official Symbol: Brca1
NCBI ID: 12189
MGI ID: 104537
Ensembl ID: ENSMUSG00000017146
Pubmed: Brca1
Human Ortholog: BRCA1
Nomenclature
C57BL/6JSmoc-Brca1tm1Smoc
Exon
Exon s
Application
Cancer Research
Disease
Breast Cancer
Disease
Spontaneous Tumor
KI/KO Gene
Brca1
Notes
Note: The expected phenotype(s) may be observed in the above-mentioned mice that bred with Wap-cre mice.
Shakya R, Szabolcs M, McCarthy E, Ospina E, Basso K, Nandula S, Murty V, Baer R, Ludwig T, The basal-like mammary carcinomas induced by Brca1 or Bard1 inactivation implicate the BRCA1/BARD1 heterodimer in tumor suppression. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2008 May 13;105(19):7040-5