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Mecp2tm2Bird
Targeted Allele Detail

Nomenclature
Symbol: Mecp2tm2Bird
Name: methyl CpG binding protein 2; targeted mutation 2, Adrian Bird
MGI ID: MGI:3700191
Synonyms: Mecp2lox-stop
Gene: Mecp2   Location: ChrX:71271931-71331029 bp, - strand    Genetic Position: ChrX, 29.6 cM
Mutation
origin
Germline Transmission: Earliest citation of germline transmission: J:118365
Parent Cell Line: E14TG2a (ES Cell)
Strain of Origin: 129P2/OlaHsd
Mutation
description
Allele Type: Targeted (Floxed/Frt)
Mutation: Insertion
  Cre recombinase-reversible gene inactivation was accomplished by insertion into intron 2 of a 3.1-kb DNA fragment containing a loxP-flanked "neostop" cassette, which comprises a neomycin resistance cassette followed by a transcriptional/translational "stop" cassette composed of 550 bp of 3' sequence from the Saccharomyces cerevisiae His3 gene, an SV40 polyadenylation sequence, and a synthetic sequence containing a false translation initiation codon (ATG) immediately followed by a consensus splice donor sequence. Despite the production of a read-through transcript, no protein product was detected by western blot or immunofluorescence analysis of brains of mutant mice. (J:75205, J:111323, J:118365)
Find Mice (IMSR) Mouse strains and cell lines available from the International Mouse Strain Resource (IMSR)
Carrying this Mutation: Mouse Strains: 1 strain available      Cell Lines: 0 lines available
Carrying any Mecp2 Mutation: 12 strains or lines available
Phenotype
summary
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Phenotype Summary by Mammalian Phenotype terms

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Genotypes are listed in the next section.

      Key:  
hm homozygous ht heterozygous
cn conditional genotype  cx complex: > 1 genome feature
tg involves transgenes ot other: hemizygous, indeterminate,...
N normal phenotype expected model not found
Affected SystemsGenotypes:
 
ht1
 
cn2
 
cn3
 
ot4
  
behavior/neurological          
  
growth/size          
  
  
life span/aging          
  
  
nervous system          
  
  
respiratory system          
 
  
Disease Models          
   
Phenotypic
data by
genotype
Phenotypic Data by Genotype

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GenotypeAllelic CompositionGenetic Background
  
 ht1   Disease Model  
Mecp2tm2Bird/Mecp2+ involves: 129P2/OlaHsd * C57BL/6
  
 cn2   
Mecp2tm2Bird/Mecp2+
Tg(CAG-cre/Esr1)5Amc/?
involves: 129P2/OlaHsd * C57BL/6 * CBA
  
 cn3   
Mecp2tm2Bird/Y
Tg(CAG-cre/Esr1)5Amc/0
involves: 129P2/OlaHsd * C57BL/6 * CBA
  
 ot4   
Mecp2tm2Bird/Y involves: 129P2/OlaHsd * C57BL/6
Disease
models
Mouse Models
of Human Disease
NoteGenotypeRef(s)
 
Allelic Composition
Genetic Background
Models with phenotypic similarity to human diseases associated with human MECP2.
Rett Syndrome; RTT
OMIM ID: 312750
 
 
ht1
Mecp2tm2Bird/Mecp2+involves: 129P2/OlaHsd * C57BL/6J:118365
References
Original: J:118365 Guy J et al., "Reversal of neurological defects in a mouse model of Rett syndrome." Science 2007 Feb 23;315(5815):1143-7
All: 3 reference(s)

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11/20/2009
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