Model Description: These mice carry loxP sites flanking exon 4-7 of Glul When crossed with a Cre recombinase-expressing strain, this strain is useful in eliminating tissue-specific conditional expression of Glul gene.
Official Symbol: Glul
NCBI ID: 14645
MGI ID: 95739
Ensembl ID: ENSMUSG00000026473
Pubmed: Glul
Human Ortholog: GLUL
Nomenclature
C57BL/6JSmoc-Glulem(flox)/Smoc
Exon
Exon 4-7
Disease
Temporal Lobe Epilepsy
Disease
Nervous System Disease
KI/KO Gene
Glul
Notes
Note: The expected phenotype(s) may be observed in the above-mentioned mice that bred with Emx1-Cre mice.
Zhou Y, Dhaher R, Parent M, Hu QX, Hassel B, Yee SP, Hyder F, Gruenbaum SE, Eid T, Danbolt NC, Selective deletion of glutamine synthetase in the mouse cerebral cortex induces glial dysfunction and vascular impairment that precede epilepsy and neurodegeneration. Neurochem Int. 2019 Feb;123:22-33