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Fig. 1. Generation of Flk1+/CreAlk3floxed/floxed
mice. (A) The mating scheme used to generate Alk3 CKO and
control littermates. (B) (Upper) A 150 bp fragment from wild-type
Alk3 allele and a 230 bp fragment from floxed Alk3 allele
can be PCR-amplified with primers indicated by gray triangles (sense,
5'-GCAGCTGCTGCTGCAGCCTCC-3'; antisense,
5'-TGGCTACAATTTGTCTCATGC-3'). A 180 bp fragment should appear with
primers indicated by black triangles (sense,
5'-GGTTTGGATCTTAACCTTAGG-3'; antisense,
5'-TGGCTACAATTTGTCTCATGC-3') if Cre-mediated recombination occurs.
The presence of the knock-in Cre gene was confirmed by a 540 bp
fragment using: sense, 5'-GAAACCGAGCTGCGTCCAGATTT-3'; antisense,
5'-GGTGTACGGTCAGTAAATTGG-3'. (Lower) A representative tail genomic
DNA PCR results. Lane 1, Alk3+/floxed; lane 2,
Flk1+/CreAlk3+/floxed; lane 3,
Flk1+/CreAlk3floxed/floxed. (C-J) Gross
morphology of Alk3 CKO embryos. Scale bars: 1 mm.