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Mouse Tumor Biology Database (MTB)
The Mouse Tumor Biology Database (MTB) provides electronic access to
mouse tumor biology data, primarily focusing on data regarding
spontaneous and induced tumors in genetically defined mice (inbred,
hybrid, mutant, and genetically engineered strains of mice). The
database provides cancer researchers with access to data on mouse
models for cancer and includes information such as standardized tumor
names and classifications, pathology reports, histopathological
images, genetics of the strain, genomic changes in the tumor, strain
names, tumor frequency and latency, and references. It also provides
links to other related online resources such as the Mouse Genome
Informatics (MGI) Database, the Mouse Phenome Database (MPD), the
Biology of the Mammary Gland Web Site, Festing's Listing of Inbred
Strains of Mice, the JAX® Mice Web Site, the Mouse Models of Human
Cancers Consortium's (MMHCC's) Mouse Repository, and the online
version of Mammary Cancer in Humans and Mice: A Tutorial for
Comparative Pathology.. The data in MTB come from the published
literature, submission of tumor pathology images or slides from
investigators, and routine animal health screenings of mouse colonies
at The Jackson Laboratory. MTB is designed to facilitate the
selection of experimental models for cancer research, the evaluation
of mouse genetic models of human disease, the review of patterns of
mutations in specific cancers, and the identification of genes that
are commonly mutated across a spectrum of cancers. By making such
data readily available online, MTB provides the scientific community
with a much-needed, easily accessible central resource for rapidly
finding and evaluating the ever expanding volume of mouse tumor data.
The MTB database is updated regularly and is publicly accessible free
of charge via the World Wide Web (see URL below). User support is
available via e-mail, phone, and fax (see below). MTB encourages
community participation via contributions of data (contact User
Support). Please visit our website: http://tumor.informatics.jax.org.
User Support:
E-mail: mgi-help@informatics.jax.org
Phone: 207-288-6445
Fax: 207-288-6132
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