B6N.Cg-Tg(CAG-cre/Esr1*)5Amc/CjDswJ

Tg(CAG-cre/Esr1*)5Amc

transgene insertion 5

Recombinase-expressing; Inducible

Tg(CAG-cre/Esr1*)5Amc

transgene insertion 5

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cre/Esr1, Cre recombinase and estrogen receptor 1 fusion gene

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Tamoxifen-inducible cre; widespread pattern of expression; Tamoxifen administration will also induce Cre recombination in developing embryos of treated mothers and in cultured cells derived from transgenic mice

(C57BL/6 x CBA)F1

This transgene expresses a fusion protein consisting of Cre recombinase joined to the ligand-binding domain of a mouse estrogen receptor modified to bind to 4-hydroxytamoxifen, but not to endogenous estrogen. The CAG promoter, containing a chicken beta actin promoter/enhancer coupled with the cytomegalovirus immediate-early (CMV-IE) enhancer, drives high levels of expression in most tissues. In the presence of tamoxifen, the fusion protein is transported into the nucleus, where Cre can excise loxP-flanked segments from conditionally modified genes.

C57BL/6NJ Noncarrier

When maintaining a live colony, hemizygous mice may be bred together, to wildtype siblings, or to C57BL/6NJ inbred mice. The Donating Investigator has not attempted to make the strain homozygous.