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Phenotypes Associated with This Genotype
Genotype
MGI:2661094
Allelic
Composition
Grk6tm1.1Mca/Grk6+
Genetic
Background
involves: 129S4/SvJae * C57BL/6J
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Mouse lines carrying:
Grk6tm1.1Mca mutation (1 available); any Grk6 mutation (32 available)
phenotype observed in females
phenotype observed in males
N normal phenotype
behavior/neurological
• mutants exhibit supersensitivity to psychostimulants, showing increased horizontal movement in response to amphetamine and beta-phenylethylamine relative to wild-type
• supersensitivity is due to increased responsiveness of postsynaptic dopamine receptors
• increased horizontal behavior in response to cocaine relative to wild-type
• increased horizontal movement in response to cocaine, amphetamine, and beta-phenylethylamine relative to wild-type littermates


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Mouse Genome Database (MGD), Gene Expression Database (GXD), Mouse Models of Human Cancer database (MMHCdb) (formerly Mouse Tumor Biology (MTB)), Gene Ontology (GO)
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last database update
03/25/2025
MGI 6.24
The Jackson Laboratory