IMGT, the international ImMunoGeneTics database

IMGT, the international ImMunoGeneTics database, freely available at http:/ /imgt.cines.fr:8104, was created in 1989 at the Universite Wlontpetlier II, CNRS, Montpellier, France, and is a high quality integrated information sy stem specialising in immunoglobulins, T cell receptors and major histocompa tibility complex molecules of human and other vertebrates. IMGT provides re searchers and clinicians with a common access to all nucleotide, protein, g enetic and structural immunogenetics data. This information is of high valu e for medical and veterinary research, biotechnology related to antibody an d T cell receptor engineering, genome diversity and evolution studies of th e immune response.