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. 2007 Sep 2:35–120. doi: 10.1016/B978-012263951-7/50006-5

Table II.

Databases and Websites for Information about Mice

Internet resource Web address
Comprehensive database sites and mouse sources
 Mouse Genome Database (MGD) http://www.informatics.jax.org/
 JAX Mice http://jaxmice.jax.org/index.shtml
 MRC Mammalian Genetics Unit, Harwell, United Kingdom http://www.mgu.har.mrc.ac.uk/
 The Whole Mouse Catalog http://www.rodentia.com/wmc/
 ORNL Mutant Mouse Database http://bio.lsd.ornl.gov/mouse/
Genetically engineered mouse sites and sources
 Induced Mutant Resource http://lena.jax.org/resources/documents/imr/
 TBASE http://tbase.jax.org/
 European Mouse Mutant Archive (EMMA) http://www.emma.rm.cnr.it/
 BioMedNet Mouse Knockout and Mutation Database http://research.n.com/mkmd
 Cre Transgenic and Floxed Gene Databases http://www.mshri.on.ca/nagy/cre.htm
 University of California Resource of Gene Trap Insertions http://socrates.berkeley.edu/–∼skarnes/resource.html
 Database of Gene Knockouts http://www.bioscience.org/knockout/knochome.htm
 The Big Blue Web Site http://eden.ceh.uvic.ca/bigblue.htm
 The Mouse Brain Library http://www.nervenet.org/mbl/mbl.html
Mouse biology
 Mouse Tumor Biology Database (MTB) http://tumor.informatics.jax.org/cancerlinks.html
 The Mammary Transgene Database http://bcm.tmc.edu/ermb/mtdb/mtdb.html
 Gene Expression Database (GXD) http://www.informatics.jax.org/
 NetVet and the Electronic Zoo http://netvet.wustl.edu/vet.htm
 The Dysmorphic Human-Mouse Homology Database (DHMHD) http://www.hgmp.mrc.ac.uk/dhmhd/dysmorph.html
 The Mouse Atlas and Gene Expression http://genex.hgu.mrc.ac.uk/
Database Project
 UCD Medpath Transgenic Mouse Searcher 2.0 http://www-mp.ucdavis.edu/personaltgmouse1.html
 Mouse 2-D PAGE Database http://biosun.biobase.dk/pdi/jecelis/mouse_data_select.html
Body map
 Human and Mouse Gene Expression DB http://bodymap.ims.u-tokyo.ac.jp/
 UNSW Embryology Mouse Development http://anatomy.med.unsw.edu.au/cbl/embryo/otheremb/mouse.htm
 Dynamic [Embryonic] Development http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/browder/mice.html
 Zygote: A Developmental Biology Website http://zygote.swarthmore.edu/info.html
Mouse genomics
 Mouse Nomenclature Guidelines and Locus Symbol Registry http://www.informatics.jax.org/mgihome/nomen/
 Trans-NIH Mouse Initiative http://www.nih.gov/science/models/mouse/
 Gene Dictionary of the Mouse Genome http://www.nervenet.org/main/dictionary.html
 Genetic and Physical Maps of the Mouse Genome http://www-genome.wi.mit.edu/cgi-bin/mouse/index
 Mouse Backcross Service (U.K. HGMP Resource Centre) http://www.hgmp.mrc.ac.uk/goneaway/mbx.html
 The Jackson Laboratory Mapping Panels http://www.jax.org/resources/documents/cmdata/
 WashU GSC Mouse EST Project http://genome.wustledu/est/mouse_esthmpg.html
 Japanese Animal Genome Database http://ws4.niai.affrc.go.jp/
 NCBI LocusLink http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/focuslink/
 UniGene Mouse Sequences Collection http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/.unigene/mm.home.html
 TIGR Mouse Gene Index http://www.tigr.org/tdb/mgi/index.html
 NIA/NIH Mouse Genomics Home Page http://lgsun.grc.nia∼nih.gov/
 WICGR Mouse RH Map Home Page http://www-genome.wi.mit.edu/mouse_rh/index.html
 Mammalian Genetics Laboratory, National Institute of Genetics (Japan) http://www.shigen.nig.ac.jp/mouse/mouse.default.html
Care and use
 Guidelines for Ethical Conduct in the Care and Use of Animals http://www.apa.org/science/anguide.html
 The Ethics of Using Transgenic Animals http://oslovet.veths.no/transgenics/references.html
 Institute for Laboratory Animal Research http://www4.nationalacademies.org/cls/ilarhome.nsf
 Laboratory Registration Code Database http://www4.nas.edu/cls/afr.nsf/labcodesearch?openform
 Research Genetics, Genomic Tools http://www.resgen.com/index.php3
General
 American Fancy Rat and Mouse Association http://www.afrma.org/