STOCK Sema7a^tm1Alk/J

Stock number: 005128
Product name: Sema7a-
Research areas: Neurobiology Research, Sensorineural Research

Description

These Sema7a knock-out mice exhibit exhibit abnormal lateral olfactory tract outgrowth. They are suitable for use in studies of lateral olfactory tract development and axonal growth.

Detailed description

Mice that are homozygous for the targeted mutation are viable, fertile, normal in size and do not display any gross physical or behavioral abnormalities. No gene product (mRNA) is detected by Northern blot analysis. By age embryonic day 16, homozygotes exhibit abnormal lateral olfactory tract outgrowth. The lateral olfactory tract (LOT) from mutants have a more narrow morphology when compared to wildtype controls. In many mutants, no LOT is detected in the most caudal regions. This mutant mouse strain may be useful in studies of lateral olfactory tract development and axonal growth.

Development

A loxP- and FRT-flanked targeting vector containing a neomycin resistance gene driven by the mouse phosphoglycerate kinase promoter, exon 1 and 1.1kb of flanking sequence, was utilized in the construction of this mutant. The construct was electroporated into 129S6/SvEvTac derived MC1 embryonic stem (ES) cells. Correctly targeted ES cells were injected into C57BL/6 blastocysts. The resulting chimeric male mice were crossed to C57BL/6 mice, and then crossed to cre deleter strain, BALB/c-Tg(CMV-cre)1Cgn/J (STOCK#3465) to remove the floxed targeting vector. The mice were then backcrossed onto C57BL/6 for 6 generations. The Donating Investigator reports that it is possible that an additional cross to a non-C57BL/6 strain prior to the strain's shipment to The Jackson Laboratory may have occurred. This is consistent with the observation of agouti pups among the offspring.

Allele

Symbol: Sema7a^tm1Alk
Name: targeted mutation 1, Alex L Kolodkin
MGI accession ID: MGI:2683867
Generation method: Targeted
Attributes: Null/Knockout
Marker symbol: Sema7a
Marker name: sema domain, immunoglobulin domain (Ig), and GPI membrane anchor, (semaphorin) 7A
Chromosome: 9
Strain of origin: 129S6/SvEvTac
Molecular note: A single loxP site remained in place exon 1 as well as 1.1 kb of upstream DNA. The deleted exon includes the start codon and encodes 59 residues which comprise the entire signal sequence.