Online tutorial
The International Mouse Phenotyping Consortium
Finding phenotypes for your gene of interest
Time to complete:
1 hour
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Written by:
- Violeta Munoz Fuentes
Last reviewed:
April 2022
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The International Mouse Phenotyping Consortium (IMPC) portal provides a freely available comprehensive catalogue of mammalian gene function, using the mouse as a model. By applying a standardised phenotyping pipeline to single-gene knockout mouse lines, the IMPC identifies the physiological systems that are disrupted when a gene is disabled and thus establish gene-phenotype associations. This course will show you how to navigate the IMPC portal to find phenotypes, disease models and knockout mouse strains for a gene of interest.
Who is this course for?
This course is suitable for those with an undergraduate-level knowledge of biology. If you are new to the field of genetic variation then we recommend that you start with our course Human genetic variation I: an introduction to familiarise yourself with some of the key concepts and terms used in the field.
If you’d like to listen to a talk describing the exciting discoveries the IMPC is making using these data, please have a look at the webinar The International Mouse Phenotyping Consortium (IMPC): a large-scale functional catalogue of mammalian genes.
What will I achieve?
By the end of the course you will be able to:
- Describe what the IMPC is and what data you can find within the IMPC portal
- Determine whether there are phenotypes and/or potential disease models for your gene of interest
- Identify whether there are genes associated with a phenotype you are interested in
- Establish whether there are knockout mouse strains available for your gene of interest and know how to order them
What resources do I need?
There are no specific resources required to complete this course.
DOI:
10.6019/TOL.IMPC-t.2014.00001.1
Course contents
- What is the IMPC?
- How is IMPC data generated?
- Translating to other species and learning about human disease
- The home page of the IMPC website
- Searching for a gene of interest
- Gene pages
- Chart pages
- Searching for phenotypes
- Phenotype pages
- Late Adult data
- Image data
- Data downloads
- Try it yourself
- Quiz: check your learning
- Summary
- Your feedback
- Get help and support on the IMPC
- References
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