Tg(Gfap-cre)#Mvs

The bacterial Cre recombinase gene was inserted into the first exon of an expression cassette (clone 445) that contains all the introns, promoter regulatory elements, exons, and 2.5 kb of 5' and 2 kb of 3' flanking DNA of the astroglia-specific mouse glial fibrillary acidic protein gene. GFAP is not expressed from the transgene due to deletion of part of exon 1. Lines 73.12 and 77.6 were generated. The pound symbol (#) is used when no line is specified and/or lines are pooled. (J:94543)