B6 Albino

Genetic Background:

C57BL/6NTac Background

Origin:

The B6 Albino model was developed by Taconic. The Tyr mutation is a constitutive knock in of a point mutation in which a G nucleotide located at position 369 in exon 1 has been replaced with C nucleotide, resulting in an amino acid substitution at position 103 (Cys>Ser). The F3 site flanked selection marker was removed by via Flp recombinase. This mutation was made in the C57BL/6NTac substrain. The line was intracrossed to homozygosity.

Availability:

Production at Danish facilities ended on December 31, 2015. This model is produced in the U.S. and available to ship internationally.

Genetics:

Use the Taconic B6 Albino as a blastocyst donor for agouti JM8A3 ES cells.   Use of the Taconic B6 Albino as a blastocyst donor for JM8A3 ES cells permits detection of germline transmission by coat color in 100% of pups. G1 germline pups are heterozygous at one or two coat color loci.

Color:

Albino

Species:

Mouse

Initial Publication:

Zevnik B, Uyttersprot NC, Perez AV, Bothe GW, Kern H, Kauselmann G. (2014) C57BL/6N albino/agouti mutant mice as embryo donors for efficient germline transmission of C57BL/6 ES cells. PLoS One. 2014 Mar 5;9(3):e90570.

Animal Diet:

NIH #31M Rodent Diet

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