Cx3cr1^tm1Litt

The endogenous locus was disrupted by the insertion of sequence encoding green fluourescent protein (GFP), replacing the first 390 bp of the coding exon (exon 2). The deleted region encoded an amino-terminal portion of the protein that is crucial for interaction with endogenous ligand, Cx3cl1. A floxed neo gene included in the targeting vector for selection was excised prior to germline transmission, leaving a single loxP site downstream of the GFP sequence. RT-PCR and flow cytometry indicated an absence of endogenous protein and the presence GFP expression in homozygous mutant mice. (J:84544)