UNSW Embryology
Molecular Development


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Lecture Notes

Databases

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This section is still under construction.

Lecture Notes

Please note that these notes only relate to the Anat 3311 Course. This section is not completely available, as I have been unable to transfer all my Lecture notes and research material in time for the deadline. This will be available in later versions.

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Early Development Lecture

Simple pictures illustrating the early events of fertilization.

Spinal Cord Development

Figures and text relating to early events of spinal cord formation.

Sex Determination

Text relating to the molecular events of sex determination in the embryo

Databases

Here are some WWW Database site that are extremely useful resources for embryology and development. If you are currently connected to the internet, clicking on the title in the lefthand column will allow you to connect.

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Genbank

This database is the site for all sequence information on DNA, RNA and protein. It is searchable by Author, keyword or sequence. Each entry also has a published reference if available.

Genbank

Cancer Genome Anatomy Project

Database of sequences and information about cancer cells.

CGAP

Transgenic/Targeted Mutation Database

This database was developed at John Hopkins University and is a searchable database of all current trangenic mouse strains.

TBASE

ATCC

American Tissue Type Collection. A searchable database of cells, cell lines, mouse strains, hybridoma clones and antibodies. Materials can also be ordered from ATCC

ATCC

European Collection of Cell Cultures

European equilivant of ATCC. A searchable database of cells, cell lines, mouse strains, hybridoma clones and antibodies.
In Australia orders can be placed through Life Technologies Ltd for cells and a disc containing the database is also available.

ECACC

Livestock Genome Databases

Contains a searchable database of the following species (including disease loci)

Bovine, Chicken, Pig, Sheep

Animal Genomes


GENBANK

Searchable database of DNA, RNA and protein sequences.

CGAP

Database of sequences and information about cancer cells.

TBASE

Developed at Division of Biomedical Information Sciences, The John Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA. As described on the homepage TBASE is an attempt to organize information on transgenic animals and targeted mutations generated and analyzed worldwide. This technology allows the specific generation of animal models for disease states and developmental mutations that have previously occurred spontaneously. In disease, such strains may also in the future be useful for testing possible therapies. In development, these models give us insights to mechanisms of development.

The Authors Dan Jacobson and Anna V. Anagnostopoulos can be contacted by

Email

danj@gdb.org anna@gdb.org

Fax

Telephone

Location

John Hopkins University, USA

ATCC

ECACC

A searchable database of cells, cell lines, mouse strains, hybridoma clones and antibodies. In Australia orders can be placed through Life Technologies Ltd for cells and a disc containing the database is also available.

Email

lifetech@c03.aone.net.au

Fax

613 9562 7773

Telephone

1800 33 627

Location

Mulgrave, Victioria, Australia

  • European distributors can be contacted by

    Email

    ecacc@ecacc.demon.co.uk

    Fax

    +44 1980 612 512

    Telephone

    +44 1980 611 315

    Location

    Wiltshire, United Kingdom