Src (gene) - Model Organisms

Model Organisms

Src knockout mouse phenotype
Characteristic Phenotype
Homozygote viability Normal
Fertility Normal
General Observations Abnormal
Body weight Normal
Anxiety Normal
Neurological assessment Normal
Grip strength Normal
Hot plate Normal
Dysmorphology Normal
Indirect calorimetry Normal
Glucose tolerance test Normal
Auditory brainstem response Normal
DEXA Normal
Radiography Normal
Body temperature Normal
Eye morphology Normal
Clinical chemistry Normal
Haematology Normal
Peripheral blood lymphocytes Normal
Micronucleus test Normal
Heart weight Normal
Brain histopathology Normal
Salmonella infection Normal
Citrobacter infection Normal
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Model organisms have been used in the study of SRC function. A conditional knockout mouse line, called Srctm2a(EUCOMM)Wtsi was generated as part of the International Knockout Mouse Consortium program — a high-throughput mutagenesis project to generate and distribute animal models of disease to interested scientists.

Male and female animals underwent a standardized phenotypic screen to determine the effects of deletion. Twenty four tests were carried out on mutant mice and one significant abnormality was observed. Homozygote mutant animals were found to viable, but lacking teeth. Due to the severity of the homozygous phenotype, the remaining tests were carried out on heterozygous mutant adult mice; no additional significant abnormalities were observed in these animals.

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