Abstract
In the post-genome era, the mouse will have a major role as a model system for functional genome analysis. This requires a large number of mutants similar to the collections available from other model organisms such as Drosophila melanogaster and Caenorhabditis elegans. Here we report on a systematic, genome-wide, mutagenesis screen in mice. As part of the German Human Genome Project, we have undertaken a large-scale ENU-mutagenesis screen for dominant mutations and a limited screen for recessive mutations1. In screening over 14,000 mice for a large number of clinically relevant parameters, we recovered 182 mouse mutants for a variety of phenotypes. In addition, 247 variant mouse mutants are currently in genetic confirmation testing and will result in additional new mutant lines. This mutagenesis screen, along with the screen described in the accompanying paper2, leads to a significant increase in the number of mouse models3 available to the scientific community. Our mutant lines are freely accessible to non-commercial users (for information, see http://www.gsf.de/ieg/groups/enu-mouse.html).
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We thank A. Servatius, S. Prettin, G. Bergter, N. Hirsch, A. Mayer, S. Manz, S. Hoffmann, F. Golla, B. Beneckenstein, K. Lobenwein, A. Wolf and D. Kreitz for technical assistance; C. Schindewolf for comments and revision of the manuscript; and H. Wagner for support. Part of this project was supported by grants from the German Human Genome Project to R.B., E.W. and M.H.d.A. (01KW9610/1), and to K.P., J.R. and H.B. (01KW9636).
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de Angelis, M., Flaswinkel, H., Fuchs, H. et al. Genome-wide, large-scale production of mutant mice by ENU mutagenesis. Nat Genet 25, 444–447 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1038/78146
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