Electronic access to mouse tumor data: the mouse tumor biology database (MTB) project

The Mouse Tumor Biology (MTB) Database supports the use of the mouse as a m odel system of hereditary and induced cancers by providing electronic acces s to: (i) tumor names and classifications, (ii) tumor incidence and latency data in different strains of mice, (iii) tumor pathology reports and image s, (iv) information on genetic factors associated with tumors and tumor dev elopment, and (v) references (published and unpublished data). This resourc e has been designed to aid researchers in such areas as choosing experiment al models, reviewing patterns of mutations in specific cancers, and identif ying genes that are commonly mutated across a spectrum of cancers. MTB also provides hypertext links to related on-fine resources and databases. MTB i s accessible via the World Wide Web at http://tumor.informatics.jax,org. Us er support is available for MTB by Email at mgi-help@informatics.jax.org.