This strain expresses the tetracycline-controlled transactivator protein (tTA) under the regulatory control of the rat alpha myosin heavy chain promoter, which directs expression of tTA, specifically, in cardiac myocytes. When these Myh6-tTA (also called 2.9alphatTA or MHCAtTA) transgenic mice are mated to a second transgenic strain carrying a gene of interest coupled to a tetracycline-responsive promoter element (TRE), conditional expression of the target gene in cardiac myocytes may be controlled by the administration of tetracycline or doxycycline.

This strain may be useful for generating conditional expression of target genes in cardiac myocytes.

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