CRISPR/cas9 technology was used with gRNAs (targeting AAGCCAGGCTACTTGTTTAC and ACTGACACACCCGCTCATCA), resulting in a deletion of the "maturity" enhancer E4m, a cis regulatory element in intron 1 of the Cd4 gene (chr6:124861963-124862659 (GRCm39)). (J:266228)