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Pdk4 Conditional Knockout, Knockout mouse models
Browse 2 Pdk4 mouse models including conditional knockout, knockout variants from ingenious targeting laboratory. Available as Pdk4 conditional knockout mouse, Pdk4 knockout mouse. Contact us for availability and fast turnaround.
Why model Pdk4
As the mouse ortholog of human PDK4, Pdk4 encodes the pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase isoform whose control is overwhelmingly transcriptional, induced by fasting, glucocorticoids, PPAR alpha and PPAR delta, FOXO1 and estrogen-related receptors, and repressed by insulin, so its abundance tracks nutrient state rather than acute allosteric input. By phosphorylating E1 alpha during starvation, high fat feeding or diabetes, it conserves pyruvate and lactate for gluconeogenesis while forcing muscle and heart onto fatty acid oxidation, and sustained induction contributes to the metabolic inflexibility seen in insulin resistance and heart failure. That regulatory logic favors a floxed conditional null with muscle, cardiac or hepatic Cre drivers to localize where induction drives glucose oxidation suppression, and a humanized allele where inhibitor pharmacology is the goal. Overlap with Pdk1, Pdk2 and Pdk3 is genuine, so compound conditionals prevent misreading a buffered phenotype. Align the allele with clamp studies, substrate tracing or cardiac efficiency endpoints.
What Pdk4 mouse models are available?
ingenious targeting laboratory offers 2 distinct Pdk4 (PDK4) catalog mouse models, featuring conditional knockout and standard knockout. Researchers can order pre-developed catalog lines or request a custom mouse model, including humanized, knockin, and transgenic variations with verified germline transmission.
| Model Availability | Allele Class Options |
|---|---|
| 2 Ready Catalog Lines | Conditional Knockout (cKO) |
| Custom Model Generation | Constitutive Knockout (KO) |
| Advanced Modifications | Humanized, Knockin, Transgenic |
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Pdk4 model types
PathAvailability
Knockout
Conditional knockout
Knockin
Humanized
Transgenic / overexpression
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Pdk4 allele types
Knockout, conditional, knockin, humanized, and related paths for Pdk4 (human PDK4). Catalog lines ship when inventory exists. Everything else is a generation quote.
Knockout
Conditional KO
Inducible conditional KO
Tissue specific KO
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Knockout first
Convertible floxed allele pathway
Double / compound KO
Multi allele / compound knockout project
Large scale / BAC deletion
BAC scale deletion or targeting
Knockin
Point mutation KI
cDNA KI
Reporter KI
Tag KI
Conditional KI
LSL or conditional expression knockin
Gene replacement KI
Humanized
Full gene replacement
Partial / domain humanized
Domain or partial humanization scope
Immune checkpoint humanized
Checkpoint IO humanization when gene is a checkpoint target
Single humanized
Double / multi humanized
Multi humanized / combination IO project
Targeted Transgenic
Safe harbor
Overexpression transgenic
BAC transgenic
BAC transgenic or large fragment insert
Cre / recombinase
Constitutive Cre driver
Inducible Cre
Tamoxifen or dox inducible Cre
Dual recombinase
Dual recombinase breeding scheme
Flp driver
Flp or FRT derivative allele pairing
Reporter
Gene specific reporter knockin
Standalone reporter catalog
Catalog reporter lines not tied to a single gene allele
Species / background
Rat KO / KI / transgenic
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Rabbit models
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C57BL/6
Background substrain on quote
BALB/c
129, NOD, NSG, FVB, CD1, DBA/2
Background strain on quote
Available Pdk4 catalog models
2 Pdk4 lines with QC documentation and technical support. Pdk4 floxed mice use loxP flanked alleles for Cre dependent tissue specific knockout.
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Pdk4-Flox
CKOCKO
These strains carry loxP sites flanking exon 3-6 of Pdk4 gene. When crossed with a Cre recombinase-expressing strain, this strain is useful in eliminating tissue-specific conditional expression of Pdk4 gene.
Sperm CryopreservedCKO 231638 - Order
Pdk4-KO
KOKO
Exon 2 of Pdk4 gene was deleted to generate Pdk4 knockout mice.
Sperm CryopreservedKO 200879
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About Pdk4 Mouse Model Types
A Pdk4 knockout mouse has the Pdk4 gene permanently inactivated, enabling loss of function studies. A Pdk4 conditional knockout (floxed) mouse carries loxP sites flanking a critical exon of Pdk4, allowing Cre recombinase dependent deletion in specific tissues or at specific timepoints.
Modifications available
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