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Center that supports long-term, cost-effective housing and maintenance at NCRR-supported facilities for chimpanzees. NCRR provides programmatic oversight of the facilities and ensures they comply with the Animal Welfare Act, and policies concerning laboratory animal care and use.

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THIS RESOURCE IS NO LONGER IN SERVICE, documented on July 17, 2013. It houses chimpanzees that have been used in biomedical research, but no active, invasive research is conducted on the site. The APF provides for the long-term care and husbandry of chimpanzees that have been used in biomedical research. Charles River Laboratories Inc. operates the facility under contract with the National Institutes of Health. To be used in continuing virological research, the animals must be transferred to active chimpanzee research settings. All chimpanzees at the APF have been exposed to various microorganisms, such as hepatitis C virus and HIV. For this reason, they may be candidates for studies related to these diseases. The National Center for Research Resources (NCRR) may remove infected animals from the APF to other accredited chimpanzee facilities for research purposes. Investigators interested in the chimpanzees at the APF should contact Dr. Harold Watson in NCRR''s Division of Comparative Medicine to discuss research requirements.

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• 17 years ago - by Anonymous

Software to analyze CNV that will now normalize arrays CGH and it will visually integrate different genome annotations.

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HerpNET is a collaborative effort by natural history museums to establish a global network of herpetological collections data. Sixty-four institutions are participating in the HerpNET community, with an open ended invitation to institutions who would like to join. Currently 56 institutions are available on the specimen searching portal, with data from over 5.5 million specimens available for searching. VertNet: The Future HerpNET, ORNIS, MaNIS and FishNet2 are taxon-based web portals that now serve georeferenced data on vertebrates from over 90 global institutions. Together these comprise VertNET, a cooperative project working to maintain and expand these distributed database projects. Future plans include biodiversity informatics workshops, enhancement of the portal design, better searching capabilities, and a dynamic cache to expand performance and analytic features. Sponsors: This resource is supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF No. 0132303) and by a GBIF DIGIT .

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A software package for visualizing and analyzing protein-protein interaction networks. NAViGaTOR can query OPHID / I2D - online databases of interaction data - and display networks in 2D or 3D. To improve scalability and performance, NAViGaTOR combines Java with OpenGL to provide a 2D/3D visualization system on multiple hardware platforms. NAViGaTOR also provides analytical capabilities and supports standard import and export formats such as GO and the Proteomics Standards Initiative (PSI). NAViGaTOR can be installed and run on Microsoft Windows, Linux / UNIX, and Mac OS systems. NAViGaTOR is written in Java and uses JOGL (Java bindings for OpenGL) to support scalability, highlighting or suppressing of information, and other advanced graphic approaches.

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THIS RESOURCE IS NO LONGER IN SERVICE, documented on January 29, 2013. Supplemental data for the paper Changes in mitochondrial function resulting from synaptic activity in the rat hippocampal slice, by Vytautas P. Bindokas, Chong C. Lee, William F. Colmers, and Richard J. Miller that appears in the Journal of Neuroscience June 15, 1998. You can view digital movies of changes in fluorescence intensity by clicking on the title of interest.

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This portal leads to the Chi-sq Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium test calculator for biallelic markers (SNPs, indels etc), including analysis for ascertainment bias for dominant/recessive models (due to biological or technical causes.) The purpose of this web program is for estimating possible missingness and an approach to evaluating missingness under different genetic models. Mendelian randomization (MR) permits causal inference between exposures and a disease. It can be compared with randomized controlled trials. Whereas in a randomized controlled trial the randomization occurs at entry into the trial, in MR the randomization occurs during gamete formation and conception. Several factors, including time since conception and sampling variation, are relevant to the interpretation of an MR test. Particularly important is consideration of the missingness of genotypes that can be originated by chance, genotyping errors, or clinical ascertainment. Testing for Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium (HWE) is a genetic approach that permits evaluation of missingness. Through this tool, the authors demonstrate evidence of nonconformity with HWE in real data. They also perform simulations to characterize the sensitivity of HWE tests to missingness. Unresolved missingness could lead to a false rejection of causality in an MR investigation of trait-disease association. These results indicate that large-scale studies, very high quality genotyping data, and detailed knowledge of the life-course genetics of the alleles/genotypes studied will largely mitigate this risk. Sponsors: This resource is supported by an Intermediate Fellowship (grant FS/05/065/19497) from the British Heart Foundation.

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• 17 years ago - by Anonymous

Downloadable files of the bos taurus genome. Draft assemblies available for download as contigs or linearized scaffolds of the genomic sequence of cow, Bos taurus, including the final draft assembly (7.1 coverage) and the two previous assemblies. The genome is sequenced to 6- to 8-fold sequence depth, with high-quality finished sequence in some areas. Accompanying EST and SNP analyses is also included. The bovine genome assembly and analysis and the study of cattle genetic history were published in April 24, 2009 issue of Science. The Human Genome Sequencing Center provides BLAST searches of the genome assemblies, either as contigs or as linearized chromosome sequences. The WGS sequence enriched BAC assemblies and the unassembled reads (sequencing reads that did not end up in the genome assembly) can also be searched by BLAST. Traces are available from the NCBI Trace Archive by using the link in the sidebar or by using NCBI MegaBLAST with a same species or cross species query.

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Neuroptikon is a tool for visualizing and interacting with neural circuits. Sponsors: This resource is supported by Janelia Farms.

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System for automatically extracting, analzying, visualizing and integrating molecular pathway data from the research literature. System focuses on interactions between molecular substances and actions, providing a graphical consensus view on the collected information. GeneWays is designed as open platform, allowing researchers to query, review and critique integrated information.

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Producer and supplier of a collection of mice bearing spontaneous mutations. These mice contribute to a better understanding of the genetic bases of neurological, neuromuscular, sensory, metabolic, skeletal/craniofacial and developmental disorders and conditions such as diabetes, obesity and heart disease.

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• 15 years ago - by Anonymous

THIS RESOURCE IS NO LONGER IN SERVICE, documented on June 08, 2012. The function of the IMR is to select, import, cryopreserve, maintain, and distribute these important strains of mice to the research community. To improve their value for research, the IMR also undertakes genetic development of stocks, such as transferring mutant genes or transgenes to defined genetic backgrounds and combining transgenes and/or targeted mutations to create new mouse models for research. The function of the IMR is to: * select biomedically important stocks of transgenic, chemically induced, and targeted mutant mice * import these stocks into the Jackson Laboratory by rederivation procedures that rid them of any pathogens they might carry * cryopreserve embryos from these stocks to protect them against accidental loss and genetic contamination * backcross the mutation onto an inbred strain, if necessary * distribute them to the scientific community More than 1000 mutant stocks have been accepted by the IMR from 1992 through December 2006. Current holdings include models for research on cancer; breast cancer; immunological and inflammatory diseases; neurological diseases; behavioral, cardiovascular and heart diseases; developmental, metabolic and other diseases; reporter (e.g., GFP) and recombinase (e.g., cre/loxP) strains. About eight strains a month are being added to the IMR holdings. Research is being conducted on improved methods for assisted reproduction and speed congenic production. Most of the targeted mutants arrive on a mixed 129xC57BL/6 genetic background, and as many of these as possible are backcrossed onto an inbred strain (usually C57BL/6J). In addition, new mouse models are being created by intercrossing carriers of specific transgenes and/or targeted mutations. Simple sequence length polymorphism DNA markers are being used to characterize and evaluate differences between inbred strains, substrains, and embryonic stem cell lines.

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Secondary Structure Matching (SSM) is an interactive service for comparing protein structures in 3D. SSM compares to other protein matching services, see results here. It is used as a structure search engine in PISA service (Protein Interfaces, Surfaces and Assemblies). It queries may be launched from any web site, see instructions here and it is based on the CCP4 Coordinate Library, found here. The service provides for: -pairwise comparison and 3D alignment of protein structures -multiple comparison and 3D alignment of protein structures -examination of a protein structure for similarity with the whole PDB or SCOP archives -best Ca-alignment of compared structures -download and visualization of best-superposed structures using Rasmol (Unix/Linux platforms), Rastop (MS Windows machines) and Jmol (platform-independent server-side java viewer) -linking the results to other services - PDBe Motif, OCA, SCOP, GeneCensus, FSSP, 3Dee, CATH, PDBSum, SWISS-PROT and ProtoMap. Sponsors: The project is funded by the Collaborative Computational Project Number 4 in Protein Crystallography of the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council

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Center dedicated to understanding and treatment of neurological diseases by creating and using imaging methods to study human nervous system. Dedicated to research imaging of human brain. Brain structure is imaged using anatomical Magnetic Resonance Imaging (aMRI) while brain physiology is imaged using Positron Emission Tomography (PET), Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy (MRS), functional MRI (fMRI) and magnetoencephalography (MEG). BIC maintains linkages with clinical, clinical research and basic research communities within Montreal Neurological Institute (MNI), McGill University and has collaborations across Quebec, Canada, USA and internationally.

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Domains found in human and mouse proteases colour-coded according to the catalytic class in which they appear. Some of them appear in more than one catalytic group, and two-colours are used. Yellow, aspartyl proteases; blue, cysteine proteases; green, metalloproteases; and red, serine proteases.

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Centralized repository and distribution site for variety of Tetrahymena strains and species. Maintains diverse array of wild type, mutant, and genetically engineered strains of T. thermophila, the most commonly used laboratory species, and variety of other species derived from both laboratory maintained stocks and wild isolates. All stocks are stored in liquid nitrogen to maintain genetic integrity and prevent senescence. In addition to providing worldwide access to strains currently in collection, TSC continually upgrades collection by accepting deposition of newly developed laboratory strains and well characterized wild isolates collected from clearly defined natural sites.

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Center where Aplysia californica are cultured and raised for research purposes. Aplysia from the facility serve in research on genomics, human brain function, toxicology for developmental studies, natural products, chemistry for isolation of novel anti-tumor and antibacterial compounds, in the study of transport by digestive tissues and have potential for use in studies of substance addiction and nerve senescence and regeneration.

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THIS RESOURCE IS NO LONGER IN SERVICE, documented August 18, 2016. Supplies potassium channel cDNA clones in vectors suitable for functional expression and stocks of gene knockout strains. Supporting this resource base are studies showing the basic biophysical properties of the channels, studies showing the phenotypes of mutants, and information on the cell-type expression patterns of potassium channels. Studies of potassium channel cell-type expression patterns and functional properties; studies of behavioral phenotypes; generation of knockout mutants. Full-length cDNAs encoding C. elegans potassium channels in a vector suitable for functional expression in Xenopus oocytes and mammalian cell lines are available on request. Information is also provided describing the cell-type expression patterns and basic biophysical properties of potassium channels. And data on behavioral phenotypes are also available. C. elegans strains carrying knockouts of potassium channels are also generated and deposited at the C. elegans stock center at the University of Minnesota.

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Data tables providing an overview of information about stem cells that have been derived from mice and humans. The tables summarize published research that characterizes cells that are capable of developing into cells of multiple germ layers (i.e., multipotent or pluripotent) or that can generate the differentiated cell types of another tissue (i.e., plasticity) such as a bone marrow cell becoming a neuronal cell. The tables do not include information about cells considered progenitor or precursor cells or those that can proliferate without the demonstrated ability to generate cell types of other tissues. The tables list the tissue from which the cells were derived, the types of cells that developed, the conditions under which differentiation occurred, the methods by which the cells were characterized, and the primary references for the information.

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Kyte-Doolittle hydropathy plots give you information about the possible structure of a protein. A hydropathy plot can indicate potential transmembrane or surface regions in proteins i did not find a parent or sponsor

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