Primary Identifier | MGI:4398912 | Allele Type | Transgenic |
Attribute String | Inducible, Recombinase, Transactivator | Gene | Tg(BEST1-rtTA,tetO-cre)1Yzl |
Strain of Origin | FVB/N | Induced With | doxycycline/tetracycline |
Is Recombinase | true | Is Wild Type | false |
molecularNote | Two transgenic fragments were co-injected to generate the mouse line. One fragment contains a 3 kb human BEST1 promoter fragment driving expression of the tetracycline-inducible transactivator rtTA and the SV40 polyA sequence. The second fragment consists of the tetracycline-responsive regulatory element (tetO) and human cytomegalovirus immediate early enhancer (hCMV) controlling expression of a translationally optimized cre sequence followed by the mouse metallothionein (Mt1) polyadenylation signal. After co-injection into zygotes, 10 founders were obtained with co-integration of both fragments into a single chromosome being observed in all founders. One line demonstrating substantial activity in Muller glial cells was characterized further. |