The transgene comprises the cDNA sequence encoding human glutamic acid decarboxylase 2 under control of a modified rat insulin 2 promoter composed of 9.5 kb of genomic DNA from upstream of the transcription initiation site fused to the first intron of Ins2. Transmission from the founder male only to male progeny demonstrated integration into the Y chromosome. Densitrometric Southern blot analysis indicates presence of approximately 17 copies of the transgene. Expression in the pancreatic islets of transgenic mRNA has been demonstrated by reverse transcription followed by PCR (RT-PCR), and of GAD2 protein by western blot analysis. (J:100251)
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cx: complex: > 1 genome feature ot: other: hemizygous, indeterminate,... (F): Female
(M): Male
N: normal phenotype
(#): related diseases count