Model Description: These mice carry loxP sites flanking target exons of Lmx1a gene. When crossed with a Cre recombinase-expressing strain, this strain is useful in eliminating tissue-specific conditional expression of Lmx1a gene.
Official Symbol: Lmx1a
NCBI ID: 110648
MGI ID: 1888519
Ensembl ID: ENSMUSG00000026686
Pubmed: Lmx1a
Human Ortholog: LMX1A
Nomenclature
C57BL/6JSmoc-Lmx1aem1(flox)Smoc
Exon
Exon s
Disease
Parkinson's Disease
Disease
Nervous System Disease
KI/KO Gene
Lmx1a
Notes
Note: The expected phenotype(s) may be observed in the above-mentioned mice that bred with Lmx1b-Flox(NM-CKO-200117) and Slc6a3-cre mice.
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