Links to Resource Centers

Resources in Japan

1. RIKEN BioResource Center Japan Collection of Microorganisms (JCM)
   
   • http://www.jcm.riken.jp/
     Strains of Microorganisms
     


2. RIKEN BioResource Center Cell Bank
   
   • http://www.brc.riken.jp/lab/cell/english/
     Cell Lines
     


3. RIKEN BioResource Center Experimental Animal Division
   
   • http://www.brc.riken.jp/lab/animal/en/
     Mouse strains
     


4. RIKEN BioResource Center Experimental Plant Division
   
   • http://www.brc.riken.jp/lab/epd/Eng/
     Arabidopsis thaliana, Nicotiana tabacum By-2 cell, Populus nigra, Physcomitrella patens...
     


5. RIKEN BioResource Center Japan Mouse Clinic
   
   • http://www.brc.riken.jp/lab/jmc/mouse_clinic/en/index.html
     


6. National BioResource Project (NBRP)
   
   • http://www.nbrp.jp
     


7. Cloning Vector Collection
   
   • http://www.shigen.nig.ac.jp/ecoli/strain/cvector/cvectorExplanation.jsp
     A collection of cloning vectors of Escherichia coli
     


8. NITE Biological Resource Center (NBRC)
   
   • http://www.nbrc.nite.go.jp/e/index.html
     Microbial and human DNA
     


9. Kazusa DNA Research Institute
   
   • http://www.biosupport.kazusa.or.jp/english/sub_center1/index.html
     Plant, microbial and human DNA
     


10. National Institute of Biomedical Innovation
    
    • http://genebank.nibio.go.jp/index_e.html
      JCRB Genebank (Japanese Collection of Research Bioresources). DNA clones of virus, human oncogenes, mice, cynomolgus monkeys (Macaca fascicularis), and chimpanzees
      


11. Health Science Research Resources Bank
    
    • http://www.jhsf.or.jp/English/index_e.html
      Distributor of JCRB Genebank
      


12. National institute of Agrobiological Sciences
    
    • http://www.dna.affrc.go.jp/distribution/
      Rice, Pig
      


13. DANAFORM
    
    • http://www.dnaform.jp/index_e.html
      FANTOM clones
      


14. Summit Pharmaceuticals International
    
    • http://www.summitpharma.co.jp/english/index.html
      ATCC resources
      

Resources around the World

1. World Federation for Culture Collections
   
   • http://www.wfcc.info/index.html
     Formar World Data Centre for Microorganisms (WDCM)
     


2. Asian Network for Research Resource Centers (ANRRC)
   
   • http://www.anrrc.org/index.jsp
     


3. Korea National Research Resource Center (KNRRC)
   
   • http://www.knrrc.or.kr/english/index.jsp
     


4. Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Science (IMCAS)
   
   • http://english.im.cas.cn/
     


5. American Type Culture Collection (ATCC)
   
   • http://www.atcc.org/
     


6. Addgene
   
   • http://www.addgene.org/pgvec1
     


7. Missouri S&T cDNA Resource Center
   
   A non-profit organization providing full-length cDNA clones encoding human signal transduction proteins to the research community.
   


8. Vector Database
   
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9. Coriell Institute for Medical Research
   
   • http://www.coriell.org/
     


10. The Netherlands Culture Collection of Bacteria
    
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11. imaGenes
    
    • http://www.imagenes-bio.de/
      Formar German Resource Center for Genome Research, Berlin, Germany (RZPD)
      


12. German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures (DSMZ)
    
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13. GENETHON
    
    • http://www.genethon.fr/index.php?id=82&L=1
      


14. CEPH, the Centre d'Etude du Polymorphisme Humain
    
    • http://www.cephb.fr/
      


15. Belgian Co-ordinated Collections of Micro-organisms (BCCM)
    
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16. ARS Culture Collection - NRRL
    
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17. Mouse Genome Informatics (MGI)
    
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18. Fungal Genetics Stock Center (FGSC)
    
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19. NIA/NIH Mouse Genomics Homepage
    
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20. UK Human Genome Mapping Project Resource Centre
    
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21. European Collection of Cell Cultures (ECACC)
    
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