Model Description: These mice carry loxP sites flanking exon 3-7 of Pdgfrb gene. When crossed with a Cre recombinase-expressing strain, this strain is useful in eliminating tissue-specific conditional expression of Pdgfrb gene.
Official Symbol: Pdgfrb
NCBI ID: 18596
MGI ID: 97531
Ensembl ID: ENSMUSG00000024620
Pubmed: Pdgfrb
Human Ortholog: PDGFRB
Nomenclature
C57BL/6JSmoc-Pdgfrbtm1(flox)Smoc
Exon
Exon 3-7
Application
Ret Signal Transduction And B Cell Receptor (Bcr) Downstream Signal Transduction Events Related Research
Disease
Autism Spectrum Disorder
Disease
Nervous System Disease
KI/KO Gene
Pdgfrb
Notes
Note: The expected phenotype(s) may be observed in the above-mentioned mice that bred with Nes-cre mice.
Nakamura T, Matsumoto J, Takamura Y, Ishii Y, Sasahara M, Ono T, Nishijo H, Relationships among parvalbumin-immunoreactive neuron density, phase-locked gamma oscillations, and autistic/schizophrenic symptoms in PDGFR-beta knock-out and control mice. PLoS One. 2015;10(3):e0119258