Vip-IRES-iCre Mice

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Catalog Number: I001155

Strain Name: C57BL/6JCya-Vipem1(IRES-iCre)/Cya

Genetic Background: C57BL/6JCya

Examples of Expressing Tissues/Cells: neocortex, hippocampus, olfactory bulb, supraoptic nucleus, and other decentralized midbrain and brainstem regions

 

Strain Description

The "IRES-iCre" cassette was inserted downstream of the TGA stop codon. Cre recombinase is expressed under the regulatory control of Vip gene elements, without impacting the endogenous expression of the Vip gene.

 

Announcement

The insertion site of the Cre recombinase gene expression cassette in this strain is located on chromosome 10. Please avoid breeding with gene-edited mice targeting genes on the same chromosome as the Cre mouse when conducting mating.