Strain information
 NBRP Rat No: 0025  Strain name: ZIMY/Kyo  Commmon Name: ZIMY, zitter Masao Yamada 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/ ../images/Photos/
Coat Color  albino (c)
Inbred Generations  F48
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 Atrn: attractin
Origin ZIMY was produced by crossing tremor (TRM) rat and zitter (ZI) rat at Kyoto University but this strain is homozygous for zi and wild-type for tm. ZIMY (Zitter Masao Yamada)
Strain characteristics vacuole formation, tremor
Breeding Conditions Good breeding performance.
Genotyping
References 山田昌夫、中島一男、山崎賢一、小岸克美、浅野裕三、藤田泰彦、芹川忠夫、山田淳三
行動異常を示す新しいミュータントラット系統（ZIMY)の開発
第40回日本実験動物学会総会要旨集1993
Additional strain information ZIMY