B6.Cg-Cd5^a/CyJ

Stock number: 000408
Product name: B6-Ly-1^a/Cy
Strain synonyms: C57BL/6J-Ly-1^a/Cy, B6-Lyt-1.1
Research areas: Immunology, Inflammation and Autoimmunity Research, Research Tools

Detailed description

This C57BL/6J congenic, homozygous for a polymorphic variant (Cd5^a) expressed on T cells and a subset of B cells, is useful for transplantation studies requiring tracking of T cells or B cells.

Development

The Cd5^a polymorphism is found in many inbred strains including C3H/He, CBA/J, DBA/1J, DBA/2J, and MA/J; the Cd5^b polymorphism is instead found in AKR/J, C58/J, BALB/c, C57BL/6J and many others. To generate this strain, Dr. Marianna Cherry backcrossed Cd5^a onto C57BL/6J from a C57BL/6J congenic strain that carried seven markers including caracul, steel, and hammertoe, with many of the markers having had substantial CBA/Ca in their ancestry. When the other mutations were bred out, this congenic was sibling intercrossed to homozygosity. In 1993 embryos were cryopreserved from mice at approximately generation N12F63.

Allele

MGI accession ID: MGI:88340
Marker symbol: Cd5
Marker name: CD5 antigen
Chromosome: 19