Model Description: These mice carry loxP sites flanking target exons of Gck gene. When crossed with a Cre recombinase-expressing strain, this strain is useful in eliminating tissue-specific conditional expression of Gck gene.
Official Symbol: Gck
NCBI ID: 103988
MGI ID: 1270854
Ensembl ID: ENSMUSG00000041798
Pubmed: Gck
Human Ortholog: GCK
Nomenclature
C57BL/6JSmoc-Gckem1(flox)Smoc
Exon
Exon s
Disease
Familial Hyperinsulinemic Hypoglycemia 3
Disease
Cardio-metabolic Disease
KI/KO Gene
Gck
Notes
Note: The expected phenotype(s) may be observed in the above-mentioned mice that bred with Ins2-cre mice.
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