Model Description: These mice carry loxP sites flanking exon 4 of Bag3 gene. When crossed with a Cre recombinase-expressing strain, this strain is useful in eliminating tissue-specific conditional expression of Bag3 gene.
Official Symbol: Bag3
NCBI ID: 29810
MGI ID: 1352493
Ensembl ID: ENSMUSG00000030847
Pubmed: Bag3
Human Ortholog: BAG3
Nomenclature
C57BL/6JSmoc-Bag3em1(flox)Smoc
Exon
Exon 4
Disease
Dilated Cardiomyopathy 1Hh
Disease
Cardio-metabolic Disease
KI/KO Gene
Bag3
Notes
Note: The expected phenotype(s) may be observed in the above-mentioned mice that bred with Myhca-cre mice.
Fang X, Bogomolovas J, Wu T, Zhang W, Liu C, Veevers J, Stroud MJ, Zhang Z, Ma X, Mu Y, Lao DH, Dalton ND, Gu Y, Wang C, Wang M, Liang Y, Lange S, Ouyang K, Peterson KL, Evans SM, Chen J, Loss-of-function mutations in co-chaperone BAG3 destabilize small HSPs and cause cardiomyopathy. J Clin Invest. 2017 Aug 01;127(8):3189-3200