Mouse Microsatellite Data Base of Japan (MMDBJ) provides information about SSLPs among different mouse strains, focusing on strains derived from Japanese wild mouse, Mus musculus molossinus, which are genetically remote from the standard laboratory strains. Two molossinus-derived strains, MSM and JF1, are now widely used in gene mapping because of the high level of microsatellite polymorphisms for the standard laboratory strains and high reproduction ability in crosses with other strains. This data base includes PCR conditions for all entries of primer sets and keyword searches for the information.
This project is being conducted with the support of the "Genome Frontier Development Promotion" assisted by the Special Coordination Funds for Promoting Science and Technology of the Science and Technology Agency, to which we would like to express our deep gratitude.