How do I find the promoter (driver) that I am looking for if it is not on the selection list?
Overview
You can use the tools listed under "Access Data" to find transgenes that express recombinase.
Find Recombinases-Carrying Alleles
On most MGI pages, you can access the Recombinase (cre) Specificity page from the Search menu as shown in the image at right.

For this tutorial, open the Recombinase (cre) Specificity page in a new window. Scroll down this page for further instructions. The "Find Recombinases-Carrying Alleles" section allows you to search for recombinase expression in a specified tissue or under the control of a given gene.

Search Menu

Example 1. Finding a transgene expressing recombinase under the control of HSA.
  1. Note that HSA is not listed on the Recombinase driven by selection list. Either HSA is not an approved symbol, or there are no recombinase-expressing transgenes that use this gene as a driver.

  2. Click the link to the Phenotypes, Alleles & Disease Models Query.
Recombinase driven by
  1. Enter hsa in the Gene/Marker field as shown in the image on the right.

  2. Check the box next to Transgenic (Cre/Flp).

  3. Click Search.
Allele Query Form
  1. Note that several cre-expressing transgenes are listed that have ACTA1 as a promoter. ACTA1 is the approved symbol for the gene; HSA is a synonym.
Allele Summary