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Strain Detail: TNKO-kusa mice

Strain information
Resource No. nbio405
Strain name TNKO-kusa
Strain Nomenclature
Common name/Synonyms
Strain types mutant
Background strain
Institution Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo
Developer Moriaki Kusakabe
Depositor Moriaki Kusakabe
Conditions of distribution

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Animal Health Report
Strain description

Tenascin-C knockout mice. Tenascin-C is a protein whose production is induced in various tissues in relation to, i.e., malignancy and cartilage repair promotion. The strain will be helpful for studying the function of Tenascin-C function.
Reference(s)
  1. Saga Y, Yagi T, Ikawa Y, Sakakura T, and Aizawa S. (1992) Mice develop normally without tenascin. Genes Dev 6(10):1821-31. [PMID:1383086]
  2. Matsuda A, Yoshiki A, Tagawa Y, Matsuda H, and Kusakabe M. (1999) Corneal wound healing in tenascin knockout mouse. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 40(6):1071-80. [PMID:10235540]
Resource information
Cryopreserved sperm In-house Genotype homozygous
Medium Fertiup
From other institutions Genotype
Medium
Cryopreserved embryo In-house Mating System homozygous x homozygous
Genotype homozygous
Medium EFS40
From other institutions Mating System
Genotype
Method
Strain status / Availability Cryopreserved sperm Within 1 month
Cryopreserved embryo Within 1 month
Live animals Approx. 2 months
Gene information
Mutation types knockout
Gene symbol Tnc
Gene name tenascin C
Genotyping information