title: Centralized mouse repositories.
abstract: Because the mouse is used so widely for biomedical research and the number of mouse models being generated is increasing rapidly, centralized repositories are essential if the valuable mouse strains and models that have been developed are to be securely preserved and fully exploited. Ensuring the ongoing availability of these mouse strains preserves the investment made in creating and characterizing them and creates a global resource of enormous value. The establishment of centralized mouse repositories around the world for distributing and archiving these resources has provided critical access to and preservation of these strains. This article describes the common and specialized activities provided by major mouse repositories around the world.
authors.affiliation: Mutant Mouse Regional Resource Center (MMRRC), The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, ME, USA. leahrae.donahue@jax.org
authors.forename: Leah Rae
authors.initials: LR
authors.lastname: Donahue
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hrabe de Angelis
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hagn
authors.forename: Craig
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Franklin
authors.forename: K C Kent
authors.initials: KC
authors.lastname: Lloyd
authors.forename: Terry
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Magnuson
authors.forename: Colin
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: McKerlie
authors.forename: Naomi
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Nakagata
authors.forename: Yuichi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Obata
authors.forename: Stuart
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Read
authors.forename: Wolfgang
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Wurst
authors.forename: Andreas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hörlein
authors.forename: Muriel T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Davisson
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D051379:Mice / Q000235:genetics*; D011786:Quality Control; D013045:Species Specificity