Primary Identifier | MGI:2180473 | Allele Type | Targeted |
Attribute String | Null/knockout | Gene | Tfap2b |
Transmission | Germline | Strain of Origin | (129X1/SvJ x 129S1/Sv)F1-Kitl<+> |
Is Recombinase | false | Is Wild Type | false |
molecularNote | The insertion of a PGK-neo cassette disrupted exon 4, which encodes an essential DNA binding domain. Northern blot and Western blot analyses showed an absence of transcript and protein, respectively, in midbrain lysates obtained from homozygous mutant mice. |