The Jackson Laboratory

JAX® Ready Strains^TM: Ready When You Are

JAX^® NOTES Issue 504, Winter 2006

Some mouse strains are so critical to biomedical research that they must be available in large quantities at virtually a moment's notice. The Jackson Laboratory has designated the following eleven most commonly used strains as JAX® Ready Strains^TM: BALB/cJ (000651), BALB/cByJ (001026), B6.129P2-Apoe^tm1Unc/J (002052), B6D2F1/J (100006), C3H/HeJ (000659), C57BL/6J (000664), CBA/J (000656), DBA/2J (000671), FVB/NJ (001800), NOD.CB17-Prkdc^scid/J (001303), and NOD/LtJ (001976). The inventories of these strains have been expanded to ensure that they are always readily available in the quantities you need.

By choosing JAX® Ready Strains^TM, you gain access to a wealth of mouse genetic, phenotypic, and disease informatics resources. Of the 15 JAX® Mice Strains surveyed in the Resequencing Project (see article titled "JAX® Mice: the Gold Standard Just Got Better" in this issue of JAX® NOTES), six are JAX® Ready Strains^TM. These are the best characterized and most widely published JAX® Mice Strains, and their enduring value for future research is protected by our unsurpassed animal health and genetic quality programs. To order JAX® Ready Strains^TM, call 1-800-422-MICE (6423) or 1-207-288-5845.