| Promoter | Specificity | Type of Recombinase | Efficiency | Mouse Strains | WUMS Contact Information | Originating Source / Investigator | References | Comments |
| AP2 | distal limb mesenchyme | cre (creface) | Good | C57BL/6 | Dr. David Ornitz DOrnitz@molecool.wustl.edu | Dr. Trevor Williams Trevor.Williams@uchsc.edu | - | - |
| c Beta actin | ubiquitous | creER | Mosaic | Mixed | Dr. Raphael Kopan Kopan@pcg.wustl.edu Dr. Joshua Sanes SanesJ@mcb.harvard.edu | Dr. Corrinne Lobe Corrinne.Lobe@swchsc.on.ca | Guo, C., et al (2002) Genesis 32, 8-18 | MTA required / local colony |
| Cfes | hematopoietic stem cells partial endothelial cells | cre | - | C57BL/6 N10 > founder B6CBA F1 | Dr. Monica Bessler Mbessler@im.wustl.edu | Dr. Pier Paolo Pandolfi P-Pandolfi@ski.mskcc.org | Keller et al, (2001) J. of Experimental Medicine 104, number 5, 581-589 | - |
| Col 1 | osteoblasts | cre | Good | C57BL/6 | Dr. David Ornitz DOrnitz@molecool.wustl.edu | Dr. Gerard Karsenty Karsenty@bcm.tmc.edu | Dacquin, R., et al, (2002) Developmental Dynamics 224, no. 2, 245 - 251 | - |
| Col 1 | osteoblasts | creERT | Good | C57BL/6 | Dr. David Ornitz DOrnitz@molecool.wustl.edu | Dr. Tatsuya Kobayashi Dr. Hank Kronenberg Kronenberg. Henry@mgh.harvard.edu | unpublished | - |
| Col 2 | proliferating chondrocytes | cre | Fair | C57BL/6 | Dr. David Ornitz DOrnitz@molecool.wustl.edu | Dr. Dmitry Ovchinnikov
Dr. Richard Behringer RRB@notes.mdacc.tmc.edu | Ovchinnikov, D., et al, (2000) Genesis 26, 145 - 146 | - |
| Col X (collagen 10) | hypertrophic chondrocytes | cre | Good | C57BL/6 | Dr. David Ornitz DOrnitz@molecool.wustl.edu | Dr. Kathryn S.E. Cheah
biochem@hkusua.hku.hk | unpublished | - |
| Dermo 1 | mesencyhmal condensations dermis | cre | High | C57BL/6 | Dr. David Ornitz DOrnitz@molecool.wustl.edu | - | Yu, K., et al (2003) Development 130, 3063 - 3074 | - |
| EIIa | embryo proper (E2 - E4.5) | cre | - | C57BL/6 N10 > founder FVB/NJ | Dr. Monica Bessler Mbessler@im.wustl.edu | Dr. Heiner Westphal (NIH) HW@helix.nih.gov | Tremml, G., et al, (1999) The American Society of Hematology, 2945-2954 | MTA required / local colony |
| Engrailed | mid & hind brain | cre | - | FVB/N | Dr. David Ornitz DOrnitz@molecool.wustl.edu | Dr. Alex Joyner Joyner@saturn.med.nyu.edu | Zinyk, D.L., et al (1998) Current Biology May 21, 8, no. 11, 665 - 668 | - |
| GATA-1 | erythrocytes megakaryocytes | cre | - | C57BL/6 N6 > founder CD-1 | Dr. Monica Bessler Mbessler@im.wustl.edu | Dr. Stuart Orkin Orkin@rascal.med.harvard.edu | Jasinski, M., et al, (2001) The American Society of Hematology, 2248-2255 | - |
| K14 | basal keratinocytes | creER | High | mixed | Dr. Raphael Kopan Kopan@pcg.wustl.edu | Dr. Elain Fuchs (Rockefeller Institute) Fuchs@imap.rockefeller.edu | Vasioukhin, V., et al (1999) PNAS 96, 8551-8556 | MTA required / local colony |
| MLC 2 | cardiac muscle | 2v cre | OK | C57BL/6 | Dr. David Ornitz DOrnitz@molecool.wustl.edu | Dr. K.R. Chien Kchien@ucsd.edu | Minamisawa, S., et al (1999) J. of Biological Chemistry 274, no. 15, 10066 - 10070 | - |
| Msx2 (439 bp) | apical ectodermal ridge skin, hair | cre | Mosaic | mixed | Dr. Raphael Kopan Kopan@pcg.wustl.edu | Dr. Gail Martin (UCSF) Gmartin@itsa.ucsf.edu | Sun, X., et al (2000) Nature Genetics 25, 83-86 | MTA required / local colony |
| Mx1 | - | cre | - | C57BL/6J N6 | Dr. Monica Bessler Mbessler@im.wustl.edu | Jackson Laboratory | - | - |
| Nestin | neuroblasts | cre | - | C57BL/6J | Dr. David Ornitz DOrnitz@molecool.wustl.edu | Jackson Laboratory | - | - |
| Osteocalcin | mature osteoblasts | cre | Fair | C57BL/6 | Dr. David Ornitz DOrnitz@molecool.wustl.edu | Dr. Gerard Karsenty Karsenty@bcm.tmc.edu | Dacquin, R., et al, (2002) Developmental Dynamics 224, no. 2, 245 - 251 | - |
| PLP | preliminary results nervous system oligodendrocytes Schwann cells | cre | - | - | Dr. John Russell JRussell@msnotes.wustl.edu | - | - | - |
| Rosa26 | ubiquitous | creER | - | C57BL/6 N3 | Dr. Monica Bessler Mbessler@im.wustl.edu Dr. David Ornitz DOrnitz@molecool.wustl.edu | Dr. Marc Vooijs (Kopan lab) VooijsM@pcg.wustl.edu Dr. Anton Barns (NKI) A.Berns@nki.nl | Vooijs, M., et al, (2001) EMBO Rep 2, 292-297. | - |
| Rosa26 | ubiquitous | creERT | High | mixed | Dr. Raphael Kopan Kopan@pcg.wustl.edu | Dr. Marc Vooijs (Kopan lab) VooijsM@pcg.wustl.edu Dr. Anton Barns (NKI) A.Berns@nki.nl | Vooijs, M., et al (2001) EMBO 21, 292-297 | MTA required / local colony |
| Tie-1 | endothelial cells | cre | Good | C57BL/6 N5 > | Dr. Monica Bessler Mbessler@im.wustl.edu Dr. David Ornitz DOrnitz@molecool.wustl.edu | Dr. Reinhard Fassler (Lund U. Sweden) Reinhard.fassler@pat.lu.se Dr. Erika Gustafsson Erika.Gustafsson@pat.lu.se | Gustafsson, E., et al, (2001) J. Cell Science 114, 671-676. | - |