| Primary Identifier | MGI:5775620 | Allele Type | Targeted |
| Attribute String | Null/knockout | Gene | Shank3 |
| Transmission | Germline | Strain of Origin | (129X1/SvJ x 129S1/Sv)F1-Kitl<+> |
| Is Recombinase | false | Is Wild Type | false |
| molecularNote | The allele was designed to alter exon 21 by inserting a single guanine nucleotide at cDNA position 3680; causing a frameshift and downstream stop codon. A loxP-flanked PGK-neo-pA cassette was also inserted downstream of the mutant stop codon. Cre-mediated recombination removed the floxed neo cassette. The mutation was first identified in two brothers diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) accompanied by severe mental retardation. Antibodies to both the N and C terminus do not detect protein in striatal tissue. |
