University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas Texas
Description:
This transgenic strain was made by injecting the lentivirus vector into SD rat embryos. Founders were identified by PCR and then bred with wild-type SD rats. The vectors are derived from pLL3.7 and contains GFP and short hairpain RNA (shRNA)
These transgenic rats were generated by RNAS interface (RNAi) technology which down-regulates Dazl gene expression by inserting a short double stranded RNA that is complimentary to the target gene.