| Primary Identifier | MGI:3611805 | Allele Type | Targeted |
| Attribute String | Null/knockout | Gene | Atxn2 |
| Transmission | Germline | Strain of Origin | 129X1/SvJ |
| Is Recombinase | false | Is Wild Type | false |
| molecularNote | A neomycin resistance gene replaced exon 1 by homologous recombination. Exon 1 contained the translation start site. RT-PCR failed to detect transcripts in mutants. Protein was not detected by Western blot or immunocytochemical analyses of various tissues. |