Tg(Chx10-EGFP/cre,-ALPP)2Clc
Transgene Detail

Summary

• Symbol: Tg(Chx10-EGFP/cre,-ALPP)2Clc
• Name: transgene insertion 2, Constance L Cepko
• MGI ID: MGI:3052237
• Synonyms: Chx10 BAC, Chx10 BAC line 2, Chx10-cre, Chx10::Cre, Chx10^CreGFP, Tg(Chx10-EGFP/cre-ALPP)2Clc, Tg(Chx10-GFP/cre, ALPP)2Clc/J, Tg(Vsx2-EGFP/cre-ALPP)2Clc
• Transgene: Tg(Chx10-EGFP/cre,-ALPP)2Clc Location: unknown
• Alliance: Tg(Chx10-EGFP/cre,-ALPP)2Clc page

Transgene origin

• Strain of Origin: C57BL/6 and SJL

Transgene description

• Transgene Type: Transgenic (Recombinase, Reporter)
• Mutation: Insertion
• Tg(Chx10-EGFP/cre,-ALPP)2Clc expression driven by 1 gene
  Transgene expression driven by:
  

  Organism	Driver Gene	Note
  mouse	Vsx2 (MGI:88401)

• Mutation details: This reporter gene expresses an enhanced green fluorescent protein-Cre recombinase fusion protein and alkaline phosphatase under control of Chx10 promoter and enhancer elements.The transgene was generated in a 129/Sv-derived bacterial artificial chromosome (BAC) containing the Chx10 gene and extending approximately 55 kb upstream of the translation start site and about 22 kb downstream of the polyadenylation signal. The 8th codon of Chx10 is joined in-frame to an EGFP-cre fusion gene followed by an internal ribosome entry sequence (IRES) coupled to the human placental alkaline phosphatase gene; 32 codons are deleted from within the N-terminal coding sequence of Chx10. The transgene was found by Southern blot analysis to be present in multiple copies, most or all of them intact. The mice were crossed to 129S4/SvJaeSor-Gt(ROSA)26Sortm1(FLP1)Dym/J mice to remove the FRT-flanked selection cassette. (J:91498)

Recombinase activity

Activity:	Tissue activity of this recombinase allele
Driver:	Vsx2 (mouse) Summary of all recombinase alleles driven by Vsx2. Comparative matrix view of recombinase activities Alliance mouse Vsx2 gene page

Disease models

Expression

In Mice Carrying this Mutation:

68 assay results 12 RNA-Seq or microarray experiment(s)

Find Mice (IMSR)

• Mouse strains and cell lines available from the International Mouse Strain Resource (IMSR)
• Carrying this Mutation: Mouse Strains: 1 strain available Cell Lines: 0 lines available

Notes

According to Rowan and Cepko (2004), the modified BAC DNA "was injected into male pronuclei of SJL/B6 fertilized eggs."

Two transgenic lines were generated. Line 1 exhibited highly mosaic expression of the EGFP reporter. Line 2 expressed EGFP more uniformly, but weakly; excision of the FRT-neo cassette increased EGFP expression in subsequent generations, so line 2 was used for further studies.

Hemizygous transgenic mice are viable, fertile, normal in size and do not display any gross physical or behavioral abnormalities. Alkaline phosphatase expression is mosaic, but specific to the retina, and is also detected in Muller glial cells. Green Fluorescent Protein (GFP) expression is detected in the outer neuroblastic layer of the retina at embryonic days 14.5, 17.5 and neonates. When crossed to a cre reporter strain, the resulting mice exhibit mosaicism in reporter gene expression.

References

• Original: J:91498 Rowan S, et al., Genetic analysis of the homeodomain transcription factor Chx10 in the retina using a novel multifunctional BAC transgenic mouse reporter. Dev Biol. 2004 Jul 15;271(2):388-402
• All: 123 reference(s)