Primary Identifier | MGI:2385823 | Allele Type | Targeted |
Attribute String | Null/knockout | Gene | Mthfr |
Transmission | Germline | Strain of Origin | (129X1/SvJ x 129S1/Sv)F1-Kitl<+> |
Is Recombinase | false | Is Wild Type | false |
molecularNote | Exon 3 was disrupted by the insertion of a neomycin selection cassette. Transcript was undetected by RT-PCR analysis of brain tissue obtained from homozygous mutant mice. Enzymatic activity assays showed a lack of activity in homozygous mutant mice and levels reduced to 60 to 70% of wild-type in heterozygotes. |