This strain is established at Kyoto University: By CRISPR/Cas9 system, mutation was introduced in Peroxiredoxin-2 (Prdx2) gene of SHR/Izm rat. This KO rat strain has 6-bp deletion (5'-CTCCGG-3', c.6_12del6) in the exon2 of Prdx2 gene.
Target sequence is 5?-CCTCCGGCAACGCGCACATCGGA-3?(PAM sequence:CCT).