Web-Based Resources for Basic Cancer Research

This table was developed for the special Cancer and Genomics issue of Genome Research (Bult et al., 1999. Web resources for basic cancer genetics research. Genome Research, in press). The types of resources we have included in this list are as follows (some resources belong in more than one category): To add your favorite cancer research resource to this list send a message to the Mouse Tumor Biology database staff.


How to Use the Table of Web Resources for Basic Cancer Genetics Research

1. The information resources listed below are categorized as being Browsable, Queryable, Linking, or some combination of these. Browsable resources are those that allow users to navigate information using hyperlinked text. Queryable resources provide some mechanism for queries using keywords and/or controlled vocabularies. Linking resources provide mostly hyperlinks to other web sites and are often organized by a specific topic area.

2. If a cell in the table has a check mark in it, the resource listed has information related to the column category.

3. If a resources requires users to register or to subscribe (usually an access fee is involved) to gain access it is noted in the table.

4. Click on the hyperlinked URL to navigate to the listed resource
 
 
Resource Name URL Type of Resource Academic, Commercial, Government, Organization Subscription or Registration Required for Access? Animal Models Cancer Genetics & Genomics Pathology & Images Reagents, Services, Lab Protocols Toxicology
Animal Models: Distributors and Animal Production Services
BioIVT http://www.bioivt.com/ Browsable Com No
   
 
Charles River, Inc. http://www.criver.com/ Browsable Com No
   
 
Envigo http://www.envigo.com/ Browsable Com No
   
 
Harwell Mouse Stock List http://www.mousebook.org/stock-list Browsable Org No
       
Harwell Mutagenesis Programme http://www.har.mrc.ac.uk/research/lifetime-studies/disease-model-discovery Browsable Org No
   
 
International Mouse Strain Resource (IMSR) http://www.findmice.org Browsable
Queryable
Org No
       
JAX Mice http://jaxmice.jax.org/ Browsable
Queryable
Linking
Org No
       
Lexicon Pharmaceuticals http://www.lexpharma.com/ Browsable
Queryable
Com Register a
   
 
Marshall BioResources http://www.marshallbio.com/ Browsable Com No
   
 
Mouse Mutagenesis Center for Developmental Defects https://www.mmrrc.org/catalog/StrainCatalogSearchForm.php?jboEvent=Search&SourceCollection=Mutagenesis+for+Dev.+Defects/Baylor Browsable
Queryable
Aca No
       
Mouse Resource Browser (MRB) http://bioit.fleming.gr/mrb/welcome.jsp# Browsable
Queryable
Aca No
 
 
National Institute of Genetics (Japan) http://www.shigen.nig.ac.jp/mouse/nig/ Browsable Aca No
       
Taconic, Inc. http://www.taconic.com/ Browsable Com No
   
 
University of Michigan Transgenic Animal Model Core http://www.med.umich.edu/tamc/ Browsable
Linking
Aca No
   
 
UNC Systems Genetics Collaborative Cross (CC) Page http://csbio.unc.edu/CCstatus/index.py Browsable
Queryable
Aca No
   
 
Animal Models: Phenotypes for Genetically Defined and Genetically Engineered Animals
NCI Mouse Repository http://mouse.ncifcrf.gov/ Browsable
Queryable
Gov No
       
Transgenic List https://mailman.ic.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/transgenic-list Email list server
Linking
Org Yes
       
Cancer Genetics and Genomics
Androgen Receptor Mutations Database http://androgendb.mcgill.ca/ Browsable
Queryable
Linking
Aca No  

Gene-specific
     
Atlas of Genetics and Cytogenetics in Oncology and Haematology http://atlasgeneticsoncology.org/ Browsable
Linking
Aca, Com No  

Human
     
Breast Cancer Information Core (BIC) http://research.nhgri.nih.gov/bic/ Queryable
Browsable
Linking
Gov Register  

Disease-specific
     
Cancer Gene Anatomy Project (CGAP) http://cgap.nci.nih.gov/ Browsable
Queryable
Linking
Gov No  

Human
 
 
Cancer Gene Census http://cancer.sanger.ac.uk/census Browsable Aca No  

Human
     
The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) http://cancergenome.nih.gov/ Browsable
Queryable
Gov No  

Human

Human
   
Cancer Genome Project http://www.sanger.ac.uk/science/groups/cancer-genome-project Browsable Aca No  

Human
     
Cancer Immunome Database (CID) https://tcia.at/home Queryable Org Register  

Human
     
Catalogue of Somatic Mutations In Cancer (COSMIC) http://cancer.sanger.ac.uk/cosmic/ Browsable
Queryable
Aca No  

Human
     
The cBio Cancer Genomics Portal http://cbioportal.org Browsable
Queryable
Org No  

Human
     
Center for Disease Control and Prevention; Cancer Prevention and Control http://www.cdc.gov/cancer Browsable
Queryable
Gov No          
Centre for Modeling Human Disease (CMHD) http://www.cmhd.ca/ Queryable Org Register [limited access as "guest"]  

Mouse
     
Chromosomal Abnormalities in Cancer http://www.slh.wisc.edu/cytogenetics/cancer/ Browsable Aca No  

Human
     
Colon Cancer Family Registry (Colon CFR) http://www.coloncfr.org/                
database of Genotypes and Phenotypes (dbGaP) http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/gap Browsable
Queryable
Gov No  

Human
     
dbVar https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/dbvar/                
The European Genome-phenome Archive (EGA) https://www.ebi.ac.uk/ega/ Browsable
Queryable
Aca No  

Human
     
Gene Cards http://www.genecards.org/ Browsable
Queryable
Linking
Org No  

Human
Med. Gen.
     
HGVS Human Genome Variation Society http://www.hgvs.org/ Browsable
Queryable
Linking
Org No  

Human
Med. Gen.
     
Human Gene Mutation Database (HGMD) http://www.hgmd.cf.ac.uk/ac/index.php Browsable
Queryable
Linking
Org No  

Human
Med. Gen.
     
International Cancer Genome Consortium (ICGC) http://www.icgc.org/ Browsable
Queryable
Org No  

Human
     
International Society for Gastrointestinal Hereditary Tumours (InSIGHT) http://www.insight-group.org/ Queryable Org No  

Disease-specific
     
Mouse Genome Informatics (MGI) http://www.informatics.jax.org/ Browsable
Queryable
Linking
Org No

Mouse
     
National Cancer Informatics Program https://cbiit.cancer.gov/ncip/ncip-home                
NCI e-mice web site http://emice.nci.nih.gov/ Browsable
Queryable
Linking
Gov Register [guest registration possible]

Mouse

Mouse
 
NCIP Hub http://nciphub/org Browsable
Queryable
Aca
Gov
No
     
Mouse Retroviral Tagged Cancer Gene Database http://variation.osu.edu/rtcgd/ Browsable
Queryable
Gov No  

Mouse
     
Mouse Tumor Biology Database (MTB) http://tumor.informatics.jax.org/ Browsable
Queryable
Linking
Org No

Mouse

Mouse
 
MYC Target Gene Database http://www.myccancergene.org/ Browsable
Linking
Queryable
Aca No  

Human
     
NCI Oncogenomics Section Data Center http://home.ccr.cancer.gov/oncology/oncogenomics/ Queryable Gov Register  
     
Oncogenes and Tumor Suppressor Genes in dbEST http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/dbEST/CancerGene.html Browsable
Linking
Gov No  

Human
     
Oncomine (Cancer Microarray Database) http://www.oncomine.org/ Queryable Aca Register  

Human
     
Online CGH Tumor Database http://www.webcitation.org/getfile?fileid=7f6cfd6b61c917bf3533855452cb2098ae6bf7f9 Browsable
Queryable
Aca No  

Human

Human
   
On-line Mendelian Inheritance in Man (OMIM) http://www.omim.org Browsable
Queryable
Linking
Gov No  

Human
Med. Gen.
     
p53 Database http://p53.free.fr/ Browsable
Queryable
Org No  

Gene-specific
     
p53 Database (IARC) http://www-p53.iarc.fr/ Browsable
Linking
Org No  

Gene-specific
     
p53 database (Human) http://www.ibiblio.org/dnam/des_p53.htm N/A Aca No  

Gene-specific
     
Prostate Expression Databases (PEDB) [Human] & (mPEDB) [mouse] http://www.pedb.org/ Browsable
Queryable
Linking
Aca No  

Disease-specific
     
SAGEmap http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/geo/browse/?view=samples&type=4 Browsable
Linking
Gov No  

Human
     
SKY/M-FISH & CGH Database https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/dbvar/studies/nstd136/ Browsable
Queryable
Gov No  

Human
Mouse

Human
Mouse
   
TCGA Copy Number Portal (TCGA) http://portals.broadinstitute.org/tcga/home                
The Tumor Gene Database http://www.tumor-gene.org/TGDB/tgdb.html Browsable
Queryable
Linking
Aca No  

Human
     
Tumorscape http://portals.broadinstitute.org/tumorscape/pages/portalHome.jsf Browsable
Queryable
Org Yes  

Human
     
UCSC Cancer Genome Browser https://genome-cancer.soe.ucsc.edu Browsable
Queryable
Aca No  

Human
     
Pathology & Images
Biology of the Mammary Gland http://www.niddk.nih.gov/research-funding/at-niddk/labs-branches/LGP/Pages/about.aspx Browsable
Queryable
Linking
Gov register b

Mouse

Mouse
   
caIMAGE - Cancer Image Database (NCI) https://emice.nci.nih.gov/caimage Queryable Gov No
 

Human
Mouse
Rat
Dog
Macaca mulatta
Tamarin
   
Comparative Pathology of Human and Mouse Breast Cancer http://tvmouse.ucdavis.edu/bcancercd/introduction.html Browsable Aca No
 

Human
Mouse
   
Cellular & Molecular Pathology Branch http://www.niehs.nih.gov/research/atniehs/labs/lep/ Browsable
Linking
Gov No    

Human
Mouse
 
MMHCC Image Archive (UCDavis) http://imagearchive.ucdavis.edu/ Browsable Aca No
 

Mouse
 
The Visible Mouse Project http://tvmouse.ucdavis.edu/ Browsable
Queryable
Aca No

Mouse

Mouse
   
Pathbase http://www.pathbase.net/ Queryable Org No

Mouse

Mouse
Rat
   
PathoPic (Pathology - ImageDatabase) http://alf3.urz.unibas.ch/pathopic/e/intro.htm Queryable Org No    

Human
   
Pathweb, UConn's Virtual Pathology Museum http://archive.is/v8Vv Browsable
Queryable
Aca No    

Human
   
PHL Murine Immunohistochemistry Database (NCI-Frederick) http://web.ncifcrf.gov/rtp/lasp/phl/immuno/ Browsable
Queryable
Gov No
 

Mouse
   
Virtual Hospital: Health Information Topics for Cancer http://www.uihealthcare.org/2column.aspx?id=239775 Browsable Aca No    

Human
   
Virtual Slidebox http://www.path.uiowa.edu/virtualslidebox/ Browsable
Queryable
Aca No    

Human
Mouse
Rat
Human
Cat
Cattle
Dog
Guinea pig
Horse
Monkey
Pig
Rabbit
Zebrafish
   
WebPath Neoplasia Index http://www-medlib.med.utah.edu/WebPath/NEOHTML/NEOPLIDX.html Browsable Aca No    

Human
   
Reagents, Services, & Laboratory Protocols
American Type Culture Collection (ATCC) http://www.atcc.org/ Browsable
Queryable
Org No      

Cells
Probes
Clones
 
BioIVT's immortalized cell lines https://www.bioivt.com/cell-products/immortalized-cancer-cell-lines/ Browsable Com No          
Bio Lab Protocols http://www.biolabprotocols.com/index.html Browsable
Queryable
Com No
 
 
European Collection of Cell Cultures (ECACC) http://www.phe-culturecollections.org.uk/ Browsable
Queryable
Org No      

Cells
Probes
Clones
 
Human Mammary Epithelial Cells (HMEC) http://www.lbl.gov/~mrgs/ Browsable Gov No      

Cells
 
I.M.A.G.E. Consortium http://www.imageconsortium.org/ Browsable
Queryable
Linking
Gov No      

Clones
 
Institute for Cancer Genetics, Lab Protocols http://www.biolabprotocols.com/author/4087/Giorgio-Cattoretti.html Browsable
Linking
Aca No    

Mouse

Protocols
 
NCI caBIG (cancer Biomedical Informatics Grid) https://cabig.nci.nih.gov/ Browsable
Linking
Gov No  
 

Software Tools
Datasets
 
NCI Cancer Family Registries http://epi.grants.cancer.gov/CFR/ Browsable Gov No      

Tissues
Fluids
 
NCI Cooperative Breast Cancer Tissue Resource Database (CBCTR) http://cdp.nci.nih.gov/breast// Browsable
Queryable
Gov No      

Tissues
 
NCI Cooperative Human Tissue Network (CHTN) http://chtn.nci.nih.gov/ Browsable
Linking
Gov No      

Tissues
Fluids
Services
 
NCI Specimen Resource Locator https://specimens.cancer.gov/ Browsable
Linking
Gov No      
 
NCI Tissue Expediter https://specimens.cancer.gov/contact/ Descriptive Gov No      

Services
 
PROTOCOL ONLINE DB http://www.protocol-online.org/ Browsable
Queryable
Com No
   
 
Takara http://www.clonetech.com Browsable Com No      

Clones
CDNA-libraries
 
The University of Michigan Human Breast Cancer Cell Lines (SUM-LINES) https://www.bioivt.com/sum-breast-cancer-cell-lines/ Browsable Org No      

Tissues
Cells
 
Toxicology                  
Chemical Carcinogenesis Research Information System (NIH) http://toxnet.nlm.nih.gov/cgi-bin/sis/htmlgen?CCRIS Queryable Gov No
     

 
a. Registration only required to access Lexicon's Omnibank database.
b. Registration only required to access the Mammary Gland Gene Anatomy project data.
c. Med.Gen. = Medical Genetics
 
 



Last updated: April 2018