Model Description: These mice carry loxP sites flanking exon 2 of Erbb2 When crossed with a Cre recombinase-expressing strain, this strain is useful in eliminating tissue-specific conditional expression of Erbb2 gene.
Official Symbol: Erbb2
NCBI ID: 13866
MGI ID: 95410
Ensembl ID: ENSMUSG00000062312
Pubmed: Erbb2
Human Ortholog: ERBB2
Nomenclature
C57BL/6JSmoc-Erbb2em(flox)/Smoc
Exon
Exon 2
Disease
Breast Cancer
Disease
Cardio-metabolic Disease
KI/KO Gene
Erbb2
Notes
Note: The expected phenotype(s) may be observed in the above-mentioned mice that bred with Pten-Flox(NM-CKO-18004) and MMTV-cre mice.
Dourdin N, Schade B, Lesurf R, Hallett M, Munn RJ, Cardiff RD, Muller WJ, Phosphatase and tensin homologue deleted on chromosome 10 deficiency accelerates tumor induction in a mouse model of ErbB-2 mammary tumorigenesis. Cancer Res. 2008 Apr 1;68(7):2122-31