Abstract
The laboratory mouse is a key model organism to investigate mechanism and therapeutics of human disease. The number of targeted genetic mouse models of disease is growing rapidly due to high-throughput production strategies employed by the International Mouse Phenotyping Consortium (IMPC) and the development of new, more efficient genome engineering techniques such as CRISPR based systems. We have previously described the European Mouse Mutant Archive (EMMA) resource and how this international infrastructure provides archiving and distribution worldwide for mutant mouse strains. EMMA has since evolved into INFRAFRONTIER (http://www.infrafrontier.eu), the pan-European research infrastructure for the systemic phenotyping, archiving and distribution of mouse disease models. Here we describe new features including improved search for mouse strains, support for new embryonic stem cell resources, access to training materials via a comprehensive knowledgebase and the promotion of innovative analytical and diagnostic techniques.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | D1171-D1175 |
Journal | Nucleic Acids Research |
Volume | 43 |
Issue number | D1 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 28 Jan 2015 |
Funding
Funders | Funder number |
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Veterinärmedizinische Universität Wien | |
Institut Clinique de la Souris | |
CNB-CSIC | |
European Bioin-formatics Institute | |
IN-SERM | |
Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire | |
Advanced Scientific Computing Research | |
Centro Nacional de Biotecnologia | |
Københavns Universitet | |
CIBER-ER-ISCIII | |
European Commission | |
Wellcome Trust | |
Oulun Yliopisto | |
Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche | |
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona | |
Tel Aviv University | |
European Molecular Biology Laboratory | |
Colin McKerlie | |
Netherlands Cancer Institute | |
Fatima Bosch | |
Institute of Laboratory Animal Science and Biomodels Austria | |
Helmholtz Zentrum für In-fektionsforschung GmbH | |
Seventh Framework Programme | 312325, 284501, 211404 |
Medical Research Council | MC_U142684172, MC_UP_1502/2 |