Primary Identifier | MGI:1857974 | Allele Type | Targeted |
Attribute String | Null/knockout | Gene | Psen1 |
Transmission | Germline | Strain of Origin | 129S7/SvEvBrd-Hprt1<b-m2> |
Is Recombinase | false | Is Wild Type | false |
molecularNote | Exon 3 of the Psen1 gene, encoding the translation initiation codon, was deleted and replaced with a neomycin cassette. Northern blots of brain tissue from homozygous mutant mice showed a small amount of mutant Psen1 mRNA, smaller in size than wild-type Psen1. IP-Western blotting detected no C-terminal protein fragment in homozygous mutant mice. The authors conclude that this mutant is a null allele. |