Model Description: These mice carry loxP sites flanking exon 2-3. When crossed with a Cre recombinase-expressing strain, this strain is useful in eliminating tissue-specific conditional expression of the gene.
Official Symbol: Mecp2
NCBI ID: 17257
MGI ID: 99918
Ensembl ID: ENSMUSG00000031393
Pubmed: Mecp2
Human Ortholog: MECP2
Nomenclature
C57BL/6JSmoc-Mecp2tm2(flox)Smoc
Exon
Exon 2-3.
Application
Rett Syndrome, Autism
Disease
Rett Syndrome
Disease
Nervous System Disease
KI/KO Gene
Mecp2
Notes
Note: The expected phenotype(s) may be observed in the above-mentioned mice that bred with Nes-cre mice.
Chen RZ, Akbarian S, Tudor M, Jaenisch R, Deficiency of methyl-CpG binding protein-2 in CNS neurons results in a Rett-like phenotype in mice. Nat Genet. 2001 Mar;27(3):327-31