Strain information
 NBRP Rat No: 0005  Strain name: F344.ACI-Lmx1aqc/Kyo  Commmon Name: F344.ACI-Lmx1aqc, Queue courte rats Rat Genome Database
Principal Investigator:  Tadao Serikawa  Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University       Yoshidakonoe-cho, Sakyo-ku    606-8501 Kyoto     JAPAN
Tel: 075-753-4360    Fax: 075-753-4409 Email: serikawa@anim.med.kyoto-u.ac.jp
Preservation Status:   Embryo        Sperm       Living Animals ../images/Photos/F344ACI-Lmx1a_qc/F344ACI-Lmx1a_qc_1024.jpg
Coat Color  albino (c)
Inbred Generations  N13F11 (May 2009)
Usage Restrictions  
Genetic Status
 Inbred  Segregating  Congenic  Consomic  Recombinant
 Coisogenic  Spont. Mutant  Transgene  Ind. Mutant  Category Other 
Comercial Availability
Research Category
 Diabetes Obesity  Neurobiology  Ophthalmology  Dentistry  Cardio Hypertension
 Cancer  Metabolism  Otorhinology  Immunology  Infectious
 Osteosis  Internal Organ  Dermatology  Reproduction  Development
 Behavior  Hematology  Urology  Pharmacology  Research Area Others 
 Control Strain  Marker Strain
Gene Affected Lmx1a: LIM homeobox transcription factor 1 alpha
Origin From ACI/Pas stock in Institute Pasteur, France. After 1998 introduced to Kyoto University, F344/NSlc backgrund congenic rats were established at Kyoto University.
Strain characteristics short tail, neurologic disorder similar to dreher mouse, Mutation at the Lmx1a locus
Breeding Conditions Heterozygtes qc/+ are backcorssed with F344/NSlc. Maintained in heterozygous condition.
Genotyping Using markers linked with qc locus. Genotyping protocol for Lmx1a
References Kuwamura, M., Muraguchi, T., Matsui, T., Ueno, M., Takenaka, S., Yamate, J., Kotani, T., Kuramoto, T., Guenet, J-L., Kitada, K., Serikawa, T.
Mutation at the Lmx1a locus provokes aberrant brain development in the rat.
Brain Res Dev Brain Res 155(2):99-106, 2005
Additional strain information F344 ACI