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November 26, 2013Nucleic Acids ResearchOpen Access

The Mouse Genome Database: integration of and access to knowledge about the laboratory mouse

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JBJudith A. BlakeAustralian Institute of Tropical Health and MedicineCBCarol J. BultJackson LaboratoryJEJanan T. EppigJackson Laboratory

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Implication

Database report uncovers integrated genomic and phenotypic knowledge in the laboratory mouse, suggesting improved translation to human disease mechanisms.

Key Points

  • To provide a centralized, open-access database resource integrating genomic, functional, and phenotypic data for the laboratory mouse to advance human disease research.
  • Integrated manual and computational genomic annotations from NCBI, Ensembl, and Vega/HAVANA pipelines.
  • Curated functional classifications using Gene Ontology terms and compiled phenotype-to-human disease associations.
  • Incorporated the GRCm38 mouse genome assembly alongside high-throughput phenotyping datasets and comparative vertebrate genomic maps.
  • Cataloged a comprehensive collection of mouse genes, functional RNAs, quantitative trait loci, and heritable phenotypes within a unified system.
  • Expanded access to multi-species comparative data across vertebrate genomes to facilitate evolutionary and functional modeling.
  • Provided freely accessible, standardized curated datasets connecting mouse experimental models directly to human clinical pathologies.

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Blake et al. (2013) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a7dc087a76b9ebabb0453c2https://doi.org/10.1093/nar/gkt1225
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