Table SI 4. Germline mouse mutations caused by viral retrotransposon
insertion.
Locus
Adcybrl
Mutant mouse name
Strain of origin
Early transposon (ETn)
barreless
ICR
Cacng2stg
stargazer
Cacng2stg3J
stargazer-3J
Clc1adr
myotonia
Tnfrfs6lpr
lymphoproliferative response
EdarDl-slk
sleek
Fbxw4Dac
dactylaplasia
Fbxw4Dac-2J
dactylaplasia-2J
Fignfi
fidget
Foxn1nu-BC
nude-British Columbia
Gli3pdn
extra-toes
Hk1dea
downeast anemia
H2Q8
Reference
1
A/J
2
BALB/cJ
3
A2G
4
MRL/MpJ
5
STOCK Rb(8.12)5Bnr
Tyrp1b m
6
SM/Ckc
7
MRL/MpJ
7
unknown/mixed
8
STOCK Spna1sph-2Bc
9
Jcl:ICR
10
A/J
11
MHC expression variant
strain variant
12
Mip
major intrinsic protein of eye lens fiber
strain variant
13
MipCat-Fr
Dominant cataract (Fraser)
Mutedmu
muted
STOCK t
14
Lepob2J
obese
SM/Ckc-Fbxw4Dac
15
Tyrc-BC3
albino-British Columbia 3
STOCK Spna1sph-2Bc
9
vy
A/J
Intracisternal A-type Particle (IAP)
C3H/HeJ
A
viable yellow
Ahvy
hypervariable yellow
Aiapy
agouti IAP yellow
Atrnmg
mahogany
Atrnmg-L
mahogany-Leicester
AxinFu
AxinKb
16
C3H/HeSnJ
17
B6C3F1/J
18
C3H x Swiss stock
19
C3H/HeJ
19
fused
unspecified
20
knobbly
unspecified
20
Dab1scm
scrambler
Dc/Le
21
Eya1bor
branchio otorenal syndrome
C3H/HeJ
22
GusMps2J
mucopolysaccharidosis-3J
C3H/HeOuJ
23
Hps1ep
pale ear
C3HeB/FeJ
24
Hps3coa6J
cocoa-6J
C3H/HeJ
25
Lamb3Iap
Herlitz junctional epidermolysis bullosa
C3H
26
Pitp1bvb
vibrator
DBA/2J
27
RelnAlb2J
reelin-Albany-2
C3H/HeJ
28
CcS3/Dem
29
(101/Rl x C3H/Rl)F1
30
CBA/J
31
Spna1sph-Dem spherocytosis-Demant
Tyrc-1R
albino-1R
Usp14ax
ataxia
Abcb1a
Murine leukemia virus (MLV)
multiple drug resistance-3
strain variant
AifHq
harlequin
Myo5ad
dilute
hr
hairless
Pde6brd1
retinal-degeneration 1
32
CF1
33
fancy mice
34
unknown
35
fancy mice
36
fancy mice
37
Virus-like 30 (VL30)
a
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
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