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Site-specific recombinase technology

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Site-specific recombinase (SSR) technology is transforming mouse genetics. One specific SSR system, CreloxP (i.e. locus of crossover X in P1), facilitates the recombination of specific sequences of DNA with high fidelity. This excision reaction has been most successfully exploited in the mouse.