Strain information  NBRP Rat No: 0353  Strain name: SD-Tg(Tuba1a-EYFP)Okn  Commmon Name: SD-Tg(Tuba1a-EYFP)Okn, T-Alpha1 EYFP Rat Genome Database Principal Investigator:  Hideyuki Okano  Keio University       35 Shinano-cho, Shinjyuku-ku    160-8582 Tokyo     Japan Tel: 03-5363-3747    Fax: 03-3357-5445 Email: hidokano@sc.itc.keio.ac.jp Preservation Status:   Embryo        Sperm       Living Animals Coat Color  albino (c) Inbred Generations  ? 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 YFP: Yellow Fluorescent Protein, jellyfish Origin This transgenic strain was developed at Slc in 1999 and transferred to Keio University in 2000. Strain characteristics This strain expresses the enhanced yellow fluorescent protein (YGFP) neuron-specific driven by the Tubulin, alpha 1A promoter. Breeding Conditions Maintained in hemizygous condition. Usually, transgenic males and SD females are crossed. Genotyping References Ogawa Y, Sawamoto K, Miyata T, Miyao S, Watanabe M, Nakamura M, Bregman BS, Koike M, Uchiyama Y, Toyama Y, Okano H. Transplantation of in vitro-expanded fetal neural progenitor cells results in neurogenesis and functional recovery after spinal cord contusion injury in adult rats. J Neurosci Res. 15;69(6):925-33, 2002. Additional strain information