This mouse strain (including any and all progeny, ("MICE") is distributed by The Jackson Laboratory with the following terms and conditions.

Use of these MICE by for-profit entities requires a license from INSTITUTION. The use license information can be obtained by contacting:

Dr. Sunita Rajdev, Licensing Officer
Office of Technology Management, University of California San Francisco
185 Berry Street, Suite 4603, San Francisco, CA 94143-1209
Tel: (415) 353-4470
Fax: (415) 348-1579

As a service to the biomedical research community, The Jackson Laboratory provides these mice to Recipient solely for research purposes. Each recipient of MICE from The Jackson Laboratory (JACKSON) agrees that: (i) the MICE and any descendants of and by-products derived from the MICE shall be used by the recipient solely for its internal research purposes and shall not be sold or transferred to or provided for use by any third party; and (ii) the recipient shall not breed or crossbreed the MICE (including any descendants of the MICE derived from inbreeding or crossbreeding) for sale or transfer to or use by any third party.  Each recipient further agrees not to use any agent or other third party to provide breeding or other services with respect to the MICE without prior written consent agreement of JACKSON.  Acceptance of the MICE from JACKSON shall be deemed agreement to these terms.   The original source of the MICE is the University of California San Francisco and Howard Hughes Medical Institute (collectively, "INSTITUTION").

THESE MICE ARE EXPERIMENTAL IN NATURE AND THE JACKSON LABORATORY AND INSTITUTION MAKE NO REPRESENTATIONS AND EXTEND NO WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING ANY IMPLIED WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR ANY WARRANTY OF NON-INFRINGEMENT OF ANY PATENT, TRADEMARK, OR OTHER INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RICHTS.

The MICE contain Cre-lox technology and use of the materials may be dominated by certain patent rights (US. Patent # 4,959,317) held by the Bristol-Myers Squibb Company ("BMS").

In no event shall the Jackson Laboratory or INSTITUTION be liable for any use of the MICE, and recipient hereby agrees to defend, indemnify and hold the Jackson Laboratory and INSTITUTION harmless from any loss, claim, damage, or liability which may arise from Recipient’s use, storage and disposal of the MICE.