(:source 
  :version  3 
  :ip-address "130.251.106.3"
  :ip-name "istge.ist.unige.it"
  :tcp-port 210
  :database-name "Oligos"
  :source-name "/wais/cldb/mpdb"
  :cost 0.00 
  :cost-unit :free 
  :maintainer "wais@istge.ist.unige.it"
  :subject "biology biotechnology bioinformatics synthetic oligonucleotides"
  :description "Server created with WAIS release 8 b5 on Oct 22 1992
                 Server updated with WAIS release 8 b5 on Mar 10 1993 

At istge.ist.unige.it three databases devoted to availability of biological
materials are maintained and updated, in the sphere of the Interlab Project.
You can have access to them also by connecting to istge.ist.unige.it using 
telnet. A Gopher server was also created, use the following link:

Name=National Institute for Cancer Research (IST, Genova, Italy)
Type=1
Path=
Port=70
Host=istge.ist.unige.it

Ask gophman@istge.ist.unige.it for details.

Molecular Probe Data Base (MPDB) refers to oligonucleotides of up to 100
nucleotides. It includes data on ca. 1700 synthetic oligonucletides. 

Here is a sample record taken from MPDB:

11.10    
Sequence:
5' GCAAGACACTCTAACATTG 3'
Target gene:
- Human   F8C
  Coagulation factor VIIIc, procoagulant component (hemophilia A)
  Chromosome localization: Xq28
  Oligo localization: intron 7
Applications:
  Genetic polymorphism -  Hemophilia  diagnosis  -  Molecular  diagnosis  of
  genetic diseases
Data received from:
- Istituto Nazionale per la Ricerca sul Cancro (BMOGE, Genova)
  Internal probe for Factor VIII Polymorphism.  Detects the
  product amplified by 11.6 and 11.2 amplimers.
Bibliography:
  PCR Protocols, Academic Press 1990, 348

Target genes codes are taken from the Human Gene Mapping Library, 
when possible. Genbank/EMBL accession number are reported when available.

Complete data on a particular laboratory can be retrieved
by searching MPDB with a term composed by the laboratory's code plus 
the fixed postfix LAB (e.g., searching BMOGELAB will retrieve complete 
data relative to the BMOGE laboratory).

Complete data on a particular catalogue can be retrieved
by searching MPDB with a term composed by the catalogue's code plus 
the fixed postfix LAB (e.g., searching GENSETLAB will retrieve complete 
data relative to the GENSET catalogue).

MPDB version available via WAIS is also called Oligos.

Cell Line Data Base (CLDB) refers to animal cell lines availability in 
European research laboratories. It currently includes data from many 
Italian labs and from five of the most important European cell cultures 
collections.
Its version available via WAIS is also called Cell_Lines.

B Line Data Base (BLDB) refers to HLA typed B lymphoblastoid cell lines.
It includes data on typing of ca. 1400 lines from the European Collection 
for Biomedical Research (ECBR, Essen, Germany, and Genoa, Italy), 
the UK Transplant Service of Bristol and the European Collection of Animal 
Cell Cultures, Salisbury, UK.
Its version available via WAIS is also called B_Lines.
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  )
