Model Description: These mice carry loxP sites flanking exon 4-6 of Lmx1b gene. When crossed with a Cre recombinase-expressing strain, this strain is useful in eliminating tissue-specific conditional expression of Lmx1b gene.
Official Symbol: Lmx1b
NCBI ID: 16917
MGI ID: 1100513
Ensembl ID: ENSMUSG00000038765
Pubmed: Lmx1b
Human Ortholog: LMX1B
Nomenclature
C57BL/6JSmoc-Lmx1bem1(flox)Smoc
Exon
Exon 4-6
Application
Research On Dopaminergic Neurogenesis And Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (Sids) Susceptibility Pathway
Disease
Nail-Patella Syndrome
Disease
Nervous System Disease
KI/KO Gene
Lmx1b
Notes
Note: The expected phenotype(s) may be observed in the above-mentioned mice that bred with NPHS2-cre mice.
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