Electronic access to mouse tumor data: the Mouse Tumor Biology Database (MTB) project

Authors: Bult, Carol J.; Krupke, Debra M.; Eppig, Janan T.

Source: Nucleic Acids Research, Volume 27, Number 1, 01 January 1999 , pp. 99-105(7)

Publisher: Oxford University Press

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Abstract:

The Mouse Tumor Biology (MTB) Database supports the use of the mouse as a model system of hereditary and induced cancers by providing electronic access to: (i) tumor names and classifications, (ii) tumor incidence and latency data in different strains of mice, (iii) tumor pathology reports and images, (iv) information on genetic factors associated with tumors and tumor development, and (v) references (published and unpublished data). This resource has been designed to aid researchers in such areas as choosing experimental models, reviewing patterns of mutations in specific cancers, and identifying genes that are commonly mutated across a spectrum of cancers. MTB also provides hypertext links to related on-line resources and databases. MTB is accessible via the World Wide Web at http://tumor.informatics.jax.org . User support is available for MTB by Email at mgi-help@informatics.jax.org

Document Type: Research article

Publication date: 1999-01-01

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Nucleic Acids Research (NAR) is a fully Open Access journal, providing rapid publication of leading edge research into the nucleic acids under the following categories: chemistry, computational biology, genomics, molecular biology, nucleic acid enzymes, RNA and structural biology. There is a Survey and Summary section, and methods papers are published
in NAR Methods Online. Each year the first issue is devoted to biological databases, and a later issue to relevant web-based software resources.