LoxP sites were placed on either side of exons 22-24 (encoding the S5/S6 transmembrane domains) and an FRT-flanked neomycin resistance cassette inserted in the opposite transcriptional orientation in intron 24. The neomycin cassette was excised by crossing these mice to a Gt(ROSA)26Sor-driven Flp strain on a 129S4/SvJaeSor. (J:169738)