How do I order mice with a desired recombinase construct?
Overview
You can use the tools listed under "Access Data" to find transgenes that express recombinase.
Find Recombinases-Carrying Alleles
On most MGI pages, you can access the Recombinase (cre) Specificity page from the Search menu as shown in the image at right.

For this tutorial, open the Recombinase (cre) Specificity page in a new window. Scroll down this page for further instructions. The "Find Recombinases-Carrying Alleles" section allows you to search for recombinase expression in a specified tissue or under the control of a given gene.

Search Menu

Example 1. Order a mouse expressing recombinase under the control of Nes.
  1. Select Nes From the Recombinase driven by selection list.

  2. Click Go.
Recombinase driven by
  1. In the summary page that appears, click the arrow at the top of the Find Mice (IMSR) column to sort alleles by this column.
Nes Allele results summary
  1. Alleles available from public repositories listed in the IMSR sort to the top. Click the one of the links in the IMSR column for more information.
Nes Allele results summary
  1. In the summary page that appears, click a link in the Provider column for more information.
Nes Allele IMSR summary