title: National BioResource Project-Rat and related activities.
abstract: In order to establish a system to facilitate the systematic collection, preservation, and provision of laboratory rats (Rattus norvegicus) and their derivates, the National BioResource Project-Rat (NBRP-Rat) was launched in July 2002. By the end of 2008, more than 500 rat strains had been collected and preserved as live animals, embryos, or sperm. These rat resources are supplied to biomedical scientists in Japan as well as in other countries. This review article introduces NBRP-Rat and highlights the phenome project, recombinant inbred strains, BAC clone libraries, and the ENU-mutant archive, named the Kyoto University Rat Mutant Archive (KURMA). The future direction of rat resources are also discussed.
authors: Institute of Laboratory Animals, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University.
authors: Tadao
authors: T
authors: Serikawa
authors: Tomoji
authors: T
authors: Mashimo
authors: Akiko
authors: A
authors: Takizawa
authors: Ryoko
authors: R
authors: Okajima
authors: Naoki
authors: N
authors: Maedomari
authors: Kenta
authors: K
authors: Kumafuji
authors: Fumi
authors: F
authors: Tagami
authors: Yuki
authors: Y
authors: Neoda
authors: Mito
authors: M
authors: Otsuki
authors: Satoshi
authors: S
authors: Nakanishi
authors: Ken-ichi
authors: K
authors: Yamasaki
authors: Birger
authors: B
authors: Voigt
authors: Takashi
authors: T
authors: Kuramoto
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000830:Animals, Laboratory; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D005260:Female; D020022:Genetic Predisposition to Disease; D006078:Government Programs; D007253:Information Centers; D007391:International Cooperation; D007564:Japan; D008297:Male; D010641:Phenotype; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains / Q000235:genetics*; D012737:Sex Factors