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Summary Attributions
XB-LINE-1375

Line Name: Xtr.raxmGrngr

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Summary
Synonym: Raxhet
Species: Xenopus tropicalis
Background Strain: Xtr.Outbred
Paternal Line:
Maternal Line:
Description: This mutant line was generated in an ENU screen from the Grainger lab by TILLING (Targeting Induced Local Lesions IN Genomes). The mutant rax gene has a nonsense mutation in the second exon causing a truncation removing c-terminus elements including the homeodomain and NLS.
Phenotype Description: No obvious morphological phenotype in heterozygotes, although there are some changes in gene expression. Homozygotes show anophthalmia with a small amount of retinal pigmented epithelium (RPE) observed in some mutant embryos.
Color Morph: pigmented
Breeding Type: OUTBRED
Lab of Origin: Grainger Lab
Line Type: Mutant
Mutated Gene(s): rax
MTA Required: No
Public: Yes
Catalogue Number:

Stock Center RRID Generation Availability Mutant Details Information
NXR (US) NXR_1033
EXRC (Europe)
NBRP (Japan)
XLRRI (US)

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