Primary Identifier | MGI:6257859 | Allele Type | Targeted |
Gene | Gpx4 | Transmission | Germline |
Strain of Origin | (C57BL/6NTac x 129S6/SvEvTac)F1 | Is Recombinase | false |
Is Wild Type | false |
molecularNote | Exon 2 was replaced with a modified one in which the selenocysteine (TGA) was mutated to an alanine encoding triplet (GCA) at position 46 (Sec46Ala). Flp-mediated recombination removed the FRT- and loxP-flanked neomycin resistance cassette inserted downstream of exon 4. |