CD-1 Nude Mouse
CD-1 Nude Mouse
CD-1 Nude Mouse Details
Developed from the transfer of the nude gene from Crl:NU-Foxn1nu to a CD-1® mouse through a series of crosses and backcrosses beginning in 1979 at Charles River Laboratories, Wilmington, MA. The animal lacks a thymus, is unable to produce T-cells, and is therefore immunodeficient.
Note: See our isolator page for available immunocompromised animal housing units.
Coat Color
Hairless, albino background
Strain Code
086 (Homozygous), 087 (Heterozygous, not immunodeficient)
Ideal For
Tumor biology and xenograft research
