New JAX® Mice Database Goes Live

JAX® NOTES Issue 502, Summer 2006

On Sunday, March 5, a new database began serving the JAX® Mice Web site. Users will see the following changes:

  • Strain phenotypes are being described using the Mammalian Phenotype Term vocabulary developed here by Mouse Genome Informatics. Until all strains are back-curated, some will still be described in free text.
  • Searches can be performed by research area: any one of three levels can be used to define as broad or as narrow a search as desired.
  • Searches can be performed by transgenic promoter.
  • Searches can be performed by synonym (of strain, allele or gene names).
  • Genotype displays are improved.
  • Allele descriptions are more extensive, and there are more links to MGI allele and gene information.

In the future, users will be able to search for strains by using Mammalian Phenotype Terms and Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man (OMIM) disease terms.

Search the new JAX® Mice Database.