FIGURE 2.
Generation and genotyping of forebrain-specific conditional Ctgf knockout mice. The strategy for generating Ctgf knockout (KO) mice (A). A targeting vector carrying loxP-flanked Ctgf (exons 1–5) was designed employing a bacterial artificial chromosome contained mouse genomic DNA encompassing Ctgf of 29.1 kb. PCR products obtained from tail samples for distinguishing floxed (fl) Ctgf allele (B). Genotyping of control (Emx1-Cre; Ctgf+/+), heterozygous (Emx1-Cre; Ctgffl/+) and homozygous (Emx1-Cre; Ctgf/fl/fl) knockout mice using forebrain samples (C). The outward appearances of control (Emx1-Cre; Ctgf+/+) and mutant (Emx1-Cre; Ctgffl/+, Emx1-Cre; Ctgffl/fl) mice (D).