Model Description: These mice carry loxP sites flanking exon 3 of Plp1 gene. When crossed with a Cre recombinase-expressing strain, this strain is useful in eliminating tissue-specific conditional expression of Plp1 gene.
Official Symbol: Plp1
NCBI ID: 18823
MGI ID: 97623
Ensembl ID: ENSMUSG00000031425
Pubmed: Plp1
Human Ortholog: PLP1
Nomenclature
C57BL/6JSmoc-Plp1em1(flox)Smoc
Exon
Exon 3
Application
The Study Of Glial Cell Differentiation And The Susceptibility Pathway Of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (Sids)
Disease
Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia 2
Disease
Rare Disease
KI/KO Gene
Plp1
Notes
Note: The expected phenotype(s) may be observed in the above-mentioned mice that bred with Cnp-Cre mice.
Luders KA, Patzig J, Simons M, Nave KA, Werner HB, Genetic dissection of oligodendroglial and neuronal Plp1 function in a novel mouse model of spastic paraplegia type 2. Glia. 2017 Nov;65(11):1762-1776