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. 2015 Jul 10:43–149. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-12-409527-4.00003-1

Table 3.2.

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.shtm
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
NIH Mutant Mouse Region Resource Center https://www.mmrrc.org

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/personaltgmousel.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://anatoM.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/modeIs/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.wustl.edu/est/mouse_esthmpg.html
Japanese Animal Genome Database http://ws4.niai.affrc.go.jp
NCBI LocusLink http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/focusIink
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