These mice possess loxP sites on either side of exon 7 of the targeted gene. Mice that are homozygous for this allele are viable, fertile, normal in size and do not display any gross physical or behavioral abnormalities. When these "floxed" mice are bred to mice that express Cre recombinase, resulting offspring can have one of three resulting genotypes (only exon 7 deleted, only the neo selection cassette deleted, or both exon 7 and the neo selection cassette deleted) in the cre-expressing tissue(s). These PS1-floxed mice may be useful in generating conditional knockouts of Presenilin 1 for studying Alzheimer's Disease.
For example, when crossed to a strain expressing Cre recombinase in postnatal neurons (see Stock No. 006143), this mutant mouse strain may be useful in studies of amyloid plaque formation.
In an attempt to offer alleles on well-characterized or multiple genetic backgrounds, alleles are frequently moved to a genetic background different from that on which an allele was first characterized. It should be noted that the phenotype could vary from that originally described. We will modify the strain description if necessary as published results become available.
