Table 1. Summary of mouse strains carrying Cre expression targeted to male germ cells.
Mouse strain | Target cells | References |
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Prm1-Cre | Haploid spermatid | O'Gorman et al. (1997) |
Haploid spermatid, sterile | Schmidt et al. (2000) | |
c-Kit-Cre | Germ cells; ubiquitous deletion during embryogenesis | Bergqvist et al. (1998) |
Sycp1-Cre | Primary spermatocytes | Vidal et al. (1998) |
Pgk2-Cre | Spermatocytes | Ando et al. (2000) |
Spermatocytes; Ectopic expression during embryogenesis | Bhullar et al. (2001) | |
TNAP-Cre | Primordial germ cells | Lomeli et al. (2000) |
PGK-1-Cre | Diploid primordial germ cells | Lallemand et al. (1998) |