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The insertion of a neomycin selection cassette replaced 1 kb of sequence spanning two exons encoding amino acids 3860 through 3950. While RT-PCR analysis revealed the presence of truncated transcript in homozygous mutant mice, protein was undetected via Western blot analysis of thymic tissue. A kinase activity assay indicated functional ablation in homozygous mutant mice. (J:50222)