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Phenotypes associated with this allele
Allele Symbol
Allele Name
Allele ID
Sema4aGt(OST393408)Lex
gene trap OST393408, Lexicon Genetics
MGI:3052925
Summary 1 genotype
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hm1
Sema4aGt(OST393408)Lex/Sema4aGt(OST393408)Lex involves: 129S5/SvEvBrd * C57BL/6J MGI:3052972


Genotype
MGI:3052972
hm1
Allelic
Composition
Sema4aGt(OST393408)Lex/Sema4aGt(OST393408)Lex
Genetic
Background
involves: 129S5/SvEvBrd * C57BL/6J
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Mouse lines carrying:
Sema4aGt(OST393408)Lex mutation (2 available); any Sema4a mutation (39 available)
phenotype observed in females
phenotype observed in males
N normal phenotype
pigmentation
• abnormal interface between apical microvilli and outer segments
• depigmentation by 14 weeks

vision/eye
• substantial decrease in photoreceptors by three weeks of age
• outer segments appear as whorls without proper orientation to retinal pigment epithelium layer by day 14
• cones fail to form elongated outer segments during the second postnatal week
• rods fail to form elongated outer segments during the second postnatal week
• abnormal interface between apical microvilli and outer segments
• depigmentation by 14 weeks
• inner nuclear layer thinned by one year of age
• inner plexiform layer thinned by one year of age
• outer nuclear layer reduced to a single row of photoreceptors by 14 weeks
• severe retinal degeneration by 14 weeks
• lack of response to electroretinography

nervous system
• substantial decrease in photoreceptors by three weeks of age
• outer segments appear as whorls without proper orientation to retinal pigment epithelium layer by day 14
• cones fail to form elongated outer segments during the second postnatal week
• rods fail to form elongated outer segments during the second postnatal week





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last database update
05/07/2024
MGI 6.23
The Jackson Laboratory