A loxP-flanked neomycin selection cassette replaced the entire coding sequence of the two gene loci. PicoRNAs (piRNA) from the gene loci were not detectable by real-time PCR on RNA from the testes of homozygous mice. Also, piRNAs up to 7 kb upstream (piR-135965) and 8 kb downstream of the deleted region (piR-111581) were markedly decreased in the testes of male homozygotes. Expression of the L1 retrotransposon, a target of some of these piRNAs, was increased in the testes of these mice. (J:139921)
Basic Information
Insertion, Intergenic deletion
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cx: complex: > 1 genome feature ot: other: hemizygous, indeterminate,... (F): Female
(M): Male
N: normal phenotype
(#): related diseases count