title: Update of mouse microsatellite database of Japan (MMDBJ).
abstract: We updated a database of microsatellite marker polymorphisms found in inbred strains of the mouse, most of which were derived from the wild stocks of four Mus musculus subspecies, M. m. domesticus, M. m. musculus, M. m.castaneus and M. m. molossinus. The major aim of constructing this database was to establish the genetic status of these inbred strains as resources for linkage analysis and positional cloning. The inbred strains incorporated in our database are A/J, C57BL/6J, CBA/J, DBA/2J, SM/J, SWR/J, 129Sv/J, MSM/Ms, JF1/Ms, CAST/Ei, NC/Nga, BLG2/Ms, NJL/Ms, PGN2/Ms, SK/CamEi and SWN/Ms, which have not or have only been poorly incorporated in the Whitehead Institute/MIT (WI/MIT) microsatellite database. The number of polymorphic microsatellite loci incorporated in our database is over 1,000 in all strains, and the URL site for our database is located at http:// www.shigen.nig.ac.jp /mouse/mmdbj/mouse.html.
authors.affiliation: Department of Laboratory Animal Science, The Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science (Rinshoken), Japan.
authors.forename: Takahiro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sakai
authors.forename: Ikuo
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Miura
authors.forename: Satomi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yamada-Ishibashi
authors.forename: Yayoi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wakita
authors.forename: Yuki
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kohara
authors.forename: Yukiko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yamazaki
authors.forename: Takeshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Inoue
authors.forename: Ryo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kominami
authors.forename: Kazuo
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Moriwaki
authors.forename: Toshihiko
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Shiroishi
authors.forename: Hiromichi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yonekawa
authors.forename: Yoshiaki
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kikkawa
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D030541:Databases, Genetic; D020407:Internet; D007564:Japan; D051379:Mice; D008815:Mice, Inbred Strains / Q000235:genetics*; D018895:Microsatellite Repeats / Q000235:genetics*; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic / Q000235:genetics