Question
Researchers at this institution pioneered the use of cancer avatars, organisms implanted with human tumors on which chemotherapeutics may be tested. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this institution that runs the Mouse Genome Informatics database. This institution is the source for thousands of the strains of transgenic mice used in labs worldwide.
ANSWER: Jackson Laboratory [accept JAX]
[10m] Much of the Jackson Laboratory’s collection of transgenic mice were bred using a recombination system based on this recombinase. In that system, this phage P1-derived recombinase is controlled by a doxycycline-activated promoter and mediates site-specific recombination at target-sites.
ANSWER: Cre recombinase [accept the cre-lox system or cre-lox recombination]
[10e] The transgenic mice that the Jackson Laboratory creates are usually derived from the C57BL/6 strain of inbred mice, which is unusually sensitive to this stimulus. This stimulus is sensed by nociceptors.
ANSWER: pain [prompt on nociception]
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