Primary Identifier | MGI:4459942 | Allele Type | Targeted |
Attribute String | Recombinase | Gene | Avil |
Transmission | Germline | Strain of Origin | 129P2/OlaHsd |
Is Recombinase | true | Is Wild Type | false |
molecularNote | A cre-IRES-EGFP was knocked into exon 2 of the Avil locus to achieve cre expression specifically within sensory neurons. Authors state that only male, not female, knockin animals are useful for sensory neuron-specific cre expression. The EGFP is nonfunctional. |