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Phenotypes associated with this allele
Allele Symbol
Allele Name
Allele ID
Gja3tm1Scr
targeted mutation 1, The Scripps Research Institute
MGI:2136656
Summary 4 genotypes
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cx1
Gja3tm1Scr/Gja3tm1Scr
Gja8L1/Gja8tm1Scr
involves: 129 * C3H/HeJ * C57BL/6J MGI:3811922
cx2
Gja3tm1Scr/Gja3tm1Scr
Gja8tm1Scr/Gja8tm1Scr
involves: 129S1/Sv * 129S4/SvJae * 129X1/SvJ MGI:3811924
cx3
Gja3tm1Scr/Gja3tm1Scr
Gja8L1/Gja8+
involves: 129S4/SvJae * C3H/HeJ * C57BL/6J MGI:3811920
cx4
Gja3tm1Scr/Gja3tm1Scr
Gja8R205G/Gja8R205G
involves: 129S4/SvJae * CWD/LeAgl * SJL/J MGI:5489762


Genotype
MGI:3811922
cx1
Allelic
Composition
Gja3tm1Scr/Gja3tm1Scr
Gja8L1/Gja8tm1Scr
Genetic
Background
involves: 129 * C3H/HeJ * C57BL/6J
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Mouse lines carrying:
Gja3tm1Scr mutation (0 available); any Gja3 mutation (17 available)
Gja8L1 mutation (1 available); any Gja8 mutation (33 available)
Gja8tm1Scr mutation (0 available); any Gja8 mutation (33 available)
phenotype observed in females
phenotype observed in males
N normal phenotype
vision/eye
N
• normal lens fiber cell elongation
• large nuclear cataracts 3 weeks of age




Genotype
MGI:3811924
cx2
Allelic
Composition
Gja3tm1Scr/Gja3tm1Scr
Gja8tm1Scr/Gja8tm1Scr
Genetic
Background
involves: 129S1/Sv * 129S4/SvJae * 129X1/SvJ
Find Mice Using the International Mouse Strain Resource (IMSR)
Mouse lines carrying:
Gja3tm1Scr mutation (0 available); any Gja3 mutation (17 available)
Gja8tm1Scr mutation (0 available); any Gja8 mutation (33 available)
phenotype observed in females
phenotype observed in males
N normal phenotype
vision/eye
N
• normal lens fiber cell elongation
• large nuclear cataracts 3 weeks of age




Genotype
MGI:3811920
cx3
Allelic
Composition
Gja3tm1Scr/Gja3tm1Scr
Gja8L1/Gja8+
Genetic
Background
involves: 129S4/SvJae * C3H/HeJ * C57BL/6J
Find Mice Using the International Mouse Strain Resource (IMSR)
Mouse lines carrying:
Gja3tm1Scr mutation (0 available); any Gja3 mutation (17 available)
Gja8L1 mutation (1 available); any Gja8 mutation (33 available)
phenotype observed in females
phenotype observed in males
N normal phenotype
vision/eye
• cystic lumen
• nuclear rather than whole cataracts




Genotype
MGI:5489762
cx4
Allelic
Composition
Gja3tm1Scr/Gja3tm1Scr
Gja8R205G/Gja8R205G
Genetic
Background
involves: 129S4/SvJae * CWD/LeAgl * SJL/J
Find Mice Using the International Mouse Strain Resource (IMSR)
Mouse lines carrying:
Gja3tm1Scr mutation (0 available); any Gja3 mutation (17 available)
Gja8R205G mutation (1 available); any Gja8 mutation (33 available)
phenotype observed in females
phenotype observed in males
N normal phenotype

Dense nuclear cataracts in Gja8R205G/Gja8R205G and Gja8R205G/Gja8R205G Gja3tm1Scr/Gja3tm1Scr mice but degenerating peripheral lens fibers only in Gja8R205G/Gja8R205G mice

vision/eye
N
• mice exhibit normal lens periphery and lens fiber unlike in Gja8Nm2249 homozygotes





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last database update
11/12/2024
MGI 6.24
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