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Interpreting Annotations
MGI-Mouse Gene Expression Database (GXD): Our Data Policies - Gene Expression Database (GXD): Our Data Policies
The Gene Expression Database (GXD) collects and integrates the gene expression information in MGI.
  • All data entered into GXD are reviewed by our team of experienced curators.
  • GXD focuses on endogenous gene expression data in wild-type and mutant mice, including reporter data from knock-in experiments. Currently GXD does not include expression data from other types of transgenic animals, chimeras, animals subjected to treatments, or from cultured material.
  • GXD collects data from publications and data submissions for the following assay types: RNA in situ hybridization; Immunohistochemistry; in situ reporter (knock in); RT-PCR; Northern and Western blots.
  • It is our curatorial policy to annotate expression patterns from publications based solely on what is written in the manuscript; we do not interpret images presented within papers. We are happy to accept more detailed descriptions of expression patterns from authors and will update database entries accordingly.
  • When we have permission from publishers or providers we include images. All images are displayed with citation information and with copyright.
  • Selected sets of RNA-Seq data that are in keeping with GXD's scope have been imported from the Expression Atlas at the EMBL-EBI. We processed these files further and curated the sample metadata.

Contributing Projects:
Mouse Genome Database (MGD), Gene Expression Database (GXD), Mouse Models of Human Cancer database (MMHCdb) (formerly Mouse Tumor Biology (MTB)), Gene Ontology (GO)
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last database update
03/12/2024
MGI 6.23
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