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Transnetyx provides an automated genotyping service for mouse colony management. A kiosk is located on the third floor (HLSIC 3019).

Manipulating the Mouse Embryo: A Laboratory Manual, Third Edition (Andras Nagy, Marina Gertsenstein, Kristina Vintersten and Richard Behringer) 2003

Methods in Molecular Biology: Gene Knockout Protocols (Martin J. Tymms and Ismail Kola) 2001

Gene Targeting: A Practical Approach, Second Edition (A. L. Joyner) 2000

Mouse Genetics and Transgenics: A Practical Approach (I. J. Jackson and C. M. Abbott) 2000

Manipulating the Mouse Embryo: A Laboratory Manual, Second Edition (Brigid Hogan, Rosa Beddington, Frank Costantini and Elizabeth Lacy) 1994

The Atlas of Mouse Development, Revised Edition (M. H. Kaufman) 1995

The Anatomical Basis of Mouse Development (M. H. Kaufman and J. B. L. Bard) 1999

Live Cell Imaging: A Laboratory Manual (Ed. Robert D. Goldman and David L. Spector) 2005

Developmental Biology, Seventh Edition (Scott F. Gilbert) 2003

Mouse Development: Patterning, Morphogenesis, and Organogenesis (Janet Rossant and Patrick P. L. Tam) 2002

Gastulation: From Cells to Embryo (Claudio D. Stern) 2004

Methods in Enzymology, Volume 225, Guide to Techniques in Mouse Development (Paul M. Wassarman and Melvin L. DePamphilis) 1993

Systemic Approach to Evaluation of Mouse Mutations (John P. Sundberg and Dawnalyn Boggess) 2000

What's Wrong With My Mouse? Behavioral Phenotyping of Transgenic and Knockout Mice (Jacqueline N. Crawley) 2000

Mouse Phenotypes: A Handbook of Mutation Analysis (Virginia E. Papaioannou and Richard R. Behringer) 2005

Mouse Genetics: Concepts and Applications (Lee M. Silver) 1995

Transcriptional Regulation in Eukaryotes: Concepts, Strategies, and Techniques (Michael Carey and Stephen T. Smale) 2000

Methods in Cell Biology, Volume 58, Green Fluorescent Proteins (Ed. Kevin F. Sullivan and Steve A. Kay) 1999

Short Protocols in Molecular Biology, Fourth Edition (Frederick M. Ausubel, Roger Brent, Robert E. Kingston, David D. Moore, J. G. Seidman, John A. Smith and Kevin Struhl) 1999.

"Mouse Genetics" by L. M. Silver - www.informatics.jax.org/silver
"The Coat Colors of Mice" by W. K. Silvers - www.informatics.jax.org/wksilvers
"The Anatomy of the Laboratory Mouse" by M. J. Cook - www.informatics.jax.org/cookbook
Human/Mouse Homology Relationships - https://doi.org/10.1006/geno.1996.0209
Mouse Atlas of Gene Expression - www.emouseatlas.org

The Jackson Laboratory - www.jax.org
Charles River Laboratories - www.criver.com
Harlan - www.harlan.com
Taconic - www.taconic.com
NCI Animal Production Program - ncifrederick.cancer.gov/Lasp/Default.aspx

Jackson Laboratories Mouse Tumor Biology Database - tumor.informatics.jax.org/mtbwi/index.do
Mouse Models of Infertility - www.jax.org/research-and-faculty/tools/reproductive-genomics-resource
Mouse Phenome Database - phenome.jax.org
Pathbase - www.pathbase.net
Mutant Mouse Regional Resource Centers (MMRRC) - www.mmrrc.org
Infrafrontier (EMMA) - www.infrafrontier.eu

RP22 (129S6/SvEvTac) - https://bacpacresources.org/mouse22.htm 
RP23 (C57BL/6J, female) - https://bacpacresources.org/femmouse23.htm 
RP24 (C57BL/6J, male) - https://bacpacresources.org/mmouse24.htm 

Edinburgh Mouse Atlas Project - www.emouseatlas.org/emap/home.html
The Virtual Embryo - people.ucalgary.ca/~browder/virtualembryo

Ensembl Mouse Genome Server - uswest.ensembl.org/Mus_musculus/Info/Index
NCBI Entrez Mouse Genome View - www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/mapview/map_search.cgi?taxid=10090
UCSC Genome Browser Gateway - genome.ucsc.edu/cgi-bin/hgGateway?db=mm2

Gene Targeting for 
Tissue Specific Promoter Database - tiprod.bioinf.med.uni-goettingen.de
Jackson Laboratory Genotyping Protocols - www.jax.org/jax-mice-and-services/customer-support/technical-support/genotyping-resources/genotyping-protocol-database
Functional Annotation of Mouse cDNAs Database (FANTOM) - fantom.gsc.riken.go.jp
Cloning Vector Database (SHIGEN) - shigen.nig.ac.jp/shigen/about/database.jsp
Mouse Genome Database - www.informatics.jax.org
National Center for Biotechnology Information - www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Broad Institute Center for Genome Research - www.broadinstitute.org

International Mouse Phenotype Consortium (IMPC) - www.mousephenotype.org
Sanger Institute Genetrap Resource - www.sanger.ac.uk/PostGenomics/genetrap
CMHD Mutagenesis Core and Gene Trap Core - www.cmhd.ca/genetrap/index.html
Infrafrontier (EMMA) - www.infrafrontier.eu
International Mouse Mutagenesis Consortium (IMMC) - www.informatics.jax.org/mgihome/other/phenoallele_commun_resource.shtml#pointer1
Riken Large Scale Mutagenesis Project - https://ja.brc.riken.jp/lab/gsc/mouse/

International Mouse Strain Resource -  www.findmice.org
Mutant Mouse Regional Resource Centers -  www.mmrrc.org
The Jackson Laboratory Mouse Mutant Resource -  www.jax.org/research-and-faculty/tools/mouse-mutant-resource

Stem Cell Information - stemcells.nih.gov
Information Resources for Animal Welfare and Alternatives - guides.lib.ucdavis.edu/animalalternatives
Jackson Laboratory Links - www.informatics.jax.org/mgihome/other/phenoallele_commun_resource.shtml
NetVet: Rodents - netvet.wustl.edu/rodents.htm
The Virtual Embryo - www.ucalgary.ca/UofC/eduweb/virtualembryo/index.htm
The Virtual Mouse Necropsy - tvmouse.ucdavis.edu/virtualNecropsy
The Visible Mouse Project - tvmouse.ucdavis.edu

Transgenic and Gene Targeting Institutional Facility

University of Kansas Medical Center
3901 Rainbow Boulevard
G025 Hemenway
Kansas City, KS 66160
Fax: 913-588-2795
Phone: 913-588-7113
Email: TGIF@kumc.edu