Genetics Databases

• ALFRED
  ALFRED online database on allele frequency in human population samples readily available to the scientific community.

• Allele Frequencies in Worldwide Populations
  An IMGT/HLA database.

• CANCERLIT® 
  From the National Cancer Institute-contains more than 1.5 million citations and abstracts from over 4,000 different sources including biomedical journals, proceedings, books, reports, and doctoral theses.

• Chromosomal Variation in Man: A Catalog of Chromosomal Variants and Anomalies 
  An Online Database, by Dr. Digamber S. Borgaonkar.

• Computer Retrieval of Information on Scientific Projects (CRISP)
  Searchable database of federally funded biomedical research projects conducted at universities, hospitals, and other research institutions.

• Disease InfoSearch^TM
  The Genetic Alliance is providing this tool to assist you in finding specific and quality information about genetic conditions, as quickly as possible.

• Entrez-NCBI Databases
  Search engine provided by the National Center for Biotechnology Information for obtaining data on DNA sequences, protein sequences and structures, genome/chromosome maps and related bibliographic information.

• Frequency of Inherited Disorders Database
  (FIDD)at the Institute of Medical Genetics, University of Wales College of Medicine, Cardiff. Established for use in a clinical context, in medical research, for epidemiological studies and in planning for genetic services.

• GENATLAS
  Compiles the information relevant to the mapping efforts of the Human Genome Project. This information is collected from original articles in the literature or from the proceedings of Human Gene Mapping and Single Chromosome Workshop.

• GenBank
  National Institute of Health genetic sequence database containing a collection of publicly available DNA sequences maintained by the National Center for Biotechnology Information.

• GeneCards
  An electronic encyclopedia integrating information about genes and their products and biomedical applications from the Weizmann Institute of Science Genome and Bioinformatics.

• GeneClinics
  Expert-authored resource created to aid healthcare professionals in applying new advances in genetic testing to the diagnosis, management, and counseling of patients and families with inherited disorders.

• GeneMap99
  "A new gene map of the human genome" from the National Center for Biotechnology Information.

• GeneSNPs
  Web resource integrating gene, sequence and polymorphism data.

• GeneTests
  A directory of laboratories providing testing for genetic disorders. Laboratories are listed by disease name. Both research and diagnostic laboratories are included.

• Genes and Disease
  New genetic map from the National Center for Biotechnology Information.

• Genetic Analysis Software
  This alphabetic list contains computer software on genetic linkage analysis, marker mapping, linkage disequilibrium mapping, and pedigree drawing Genetic Analysis Software.

• The Genetic Association Database
  An archive of human genetic association studies of complex diseases and disorders (from the National Institute for Aging).

• Genetic Education Materials (GEM) Database
  This is a searchable listing of public health genetics policy documents and clinical genetics educational materials. It is a project of the National Newborn Screening and Genetics Resource Center (NNSGRC).

• Genetic and Rare Diseases Information Center (last accessed 2/2008)
  Established by the National Human Genome Research Institute and the Office of Rare Diseases, the Genetic and Rare Diseases Information Center employs experienced information specialists to answer questions from the general public, including patients and their families, health care professionals, and biomedical researchers.

• Genetic Testing and Newborn Screening Information Portal
  Provides a user-friendly, easy-to-access resource* to facilitate information search about genetic diseases detected through newborn screening, currently available genetic tests and testing services, test performance, and recognized testing algorithms

• Genetics Home Reference
  National Library of Medicine's website for consumer information about genetic conditions and the genes responsible for those conditions.

• Genetics Policy Database
  This searchable resource aims to be as comprehensive a collection as possible of documents with relevance to public health genetics policy for the UK.

• GENLINK
  Provides linkage mapping information and software tools that facilitate the integration of physical and genetic linkage data to produce unified maps of the human genome.

• HGBASE (Human Genic Bi-Allelic SEquences)
  A database of intra-genic sequence polymorphism.

• HGV (the Human Genome Variation Databases) 
  This database seeks to provide an accurately and comprehensive catalog of normal human gene and genome variation, useful as a research tool to help define the genetic component of human phenotypic variation.

• HuGE Navigator
  An integrated, searchable knowledge base of genetic associations and human genome epidemiology.

• Human Ageing Genomic Resources
  The Human Ageing Genomic Resources (HAGR) is a collection of databases and tools designed to help researchers understand the genetics of human ageing through a combination of functional genomics and evolutionary biology.
  

• Human Gene Mutation Database
  Catalog of known gene mutations associated with inherited diseases (developed and maintained at the Institute of Medical Genetics in Cardiff).

• Human Gene Nomenclature Database
  From the the Human Genome Organization

• Human Genome Browser Gateway  
  The Browser, from the University of California in Santa Cruz, stacks annotation tracks beneath genome coordinate positions, allowing rapid visual correlation of different types of information. The user can look at a whole chromosome, open a specific cytogenetic band to see a positionally mapped disease gene candidate, or zoom in to a particular gene.

• Human Genome Variation Databases 
  From the Human Genome Variation Society

• Human Obesity Gene Map Database
  Contains markers, genes and mutations associated or linked with obesity phenotypes.

• Human SNP Database
  From the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research/MIT Center for Genome Research.

• International Sequence Consortium Online Resource
  The database enables users to quickly sort sequencing project information by organism, by sequencing group or by funding agency.

• Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes
  Computerized catalog of molecular and cellular biology, with links to gene catalogs produced by genome sequencing projects.

• LocusLink
  Provides a single query interface to information about genetic loci, from the National Center for Biotechnology Information.

• MITOMAP
  Human Mitochondrial Genome Database.

• National Library of Medicine
  PUBMED project, MEDLINE, and genetic databases.

• The NHGRI Policy and Legislation Database
  The free, searchable database currently focuses on the following subject areas: genetic testing and counseling; insurance and employment discrimination, newborn screening; privacy of genetic information and confidentiality; informed consent; and commercialization and patenting.

• Nuclear Protein Database (NPD)
  The Nuclear Protein Database is a searchable database of information on proteins that are localized to the nucleus of vertebrate cells.

• OMIM - Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man
  Catalog of human genes and genetic disorders. Its database contains text information, images, reference information, and numerous links to MEDLINE articles and sequence information.

• Online Searchable Directory of Genetic Resources
  From the Genetic Alliance

• ORPHANET
  A database dedicated to information on rare diseases and orphan drugs.  It's access is free of charge.

• PDQ®
  PDQ (Physician Data Query) is NCI's comprehensive cancer database with peer-reviewed summaries on cancer treatment, screening, prevention, genetics, and supportive care, and complementary and alternative medicine

• PharmGKB
  PharmGKB is an integrated resource about how variation in human genes leads to variation in our response to drugs. Genomic data, molecular and cellular phenotype data, and clinical phenotype data are accepted from the scientific community at large.

• PRoteomics IDEntifications Database
  The PRIDE PRoteomics IDEntifications database is a centralized, standards compliant, public data repository for proteomics data. PRIDE has been developed through a collaboration of the EMBL-EBI and Ghent University in Belgium.

• PUBGENE
  Online database that provides information on gene and protein relationships from the literature, gene relationships from your gene expression experiments, pointers to pathway information, and other metadata to maximize analysis throughput, and help build sequence homology networks and relate them to literature.

• PHG Foundation Policy Database (last accessed 7/2007)
  This database provides a searchable resource of literature on public health genetics policy.

• Rare Disease Clinical Research Database
  From the Office of Rare Diseases, NIH.

• Repertory of Familial Mediterranean Fever (FMF) and Hereditary Autoinflammatory Disorders Mutations
  A HVGS affiliated database.

• Ret Net
  Cloned and/or mapped genes causing retinal diseases.

• Rockefeller University Laboratory of Statistical Genetics Database of Genetic Analysis Software
  Contains mainly computer software on genetic linkage analysis, marker mapping, and pedigree drawing.

• Scitable from Nature Education
   
• The Single Nucleotide Polymorphism Database (dbSNP) of Nucleotide Sequence Variation
  From the National Library of Medicine

• SNP500Cancer Database
  SNP500Cancer project seeks to find known or newly discovered single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) which are of immediate importance to molecular epidemiology studies in cancer.

• Yahoo Database of Genetic Disorders

Provides link to non-governmental sites and does not necessarily represent  the views of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.