This section describes how to create links to specific pages, such as Strain Detail Sheets, a predefined Catalog Search request, and the MMRRC request form partially completed for specific products.

Investigators wishing to publicize information about their strains on their own website may want to include a link to the MMRRC's Strain Detail Sheet (SDS) for the specific strain. This helps visiting investigators find the information more easily. The SDS page includes information about the strain from the donating investigator, as well as additional details from the MMRRC, such as genotyping protocols and availability.

With the MMRRC strain's Stock ID, you can request any available Strain Detail Sheet using a Query String parameterized URL:

where #### is replaced with the MMRRC stock ID for the strain.

For example, to request the Detail Sheet for MMRRC:000001-UNC, use the following link:

<a href="http://www.mmrrc.org/catalog/getSDS.php?mmrrc_id=MMRRC:000001-UNC">MMRRC Detail Page for my strain</a>

Submitting investigators may want to direct other researchers to a full listing of their strains using the MMRRC catalog. Most queries that can be done using the Catalog Search Form can be specified as a URL with a Query String.

The MMRRC catalog search URL can accept arguments (passed as a Query String appended to the URL) allowing other resources to provide links to subsets of the MMRRC catalog. This is especially useful for contributor organizations to list all strains related to their program. For example, a listing of all strains associated with the "cancer" would use the URL:

http://www.mmrrc.org/catalog/StrainCatalogSearchForm.php?search_query=cancer

The relevant parameters (and suitable values) are:

• gene_search (Gene/Allele Symbol, Gene/Allele Name)
• symName (contains, equals, begins, ends)
• lowerCaseSymbol (any gene or allele symbol or name)
• numName ([URL escaped:] =, <, >, between, <=, >=, <>, in)
• MmrrcId (Stock ID number corresponding to the previous operation; for between operator use "# and #" format)
• Alteration (any value from the Alteration Type pulldown list)
• SourceCollection (any value from the Major Collection pulldown list, URL escaped)
• InitialMaintenanceLevel (Both, EScelllines, Mice)
• Status (AVD, Importation, and/or Accepted; may list once for each category desired)

External resources can provide their users with links for initiating a request for a specified MMRRC strain or cell line. An argument is appended to this base URL: https://www.mmrrc.org/catalog/sds.php?mmrrc_id=.

The Request Form URL accepts an ID or a comma-separated list of IDs for the material being requested. Examples of valid URLs for a single strain or cell line include:

An MMRRC stock ID for a strain is the MMRRC ID number followed by a hyphen and then the MMRRC facility's MMRRC ID. Examples of valid stock IDs are: 000001-UNC, and 130-MU.

To work correctly, each supplied ID must correspond to a single MMRRC strain or cell line and each must be currently available for distribution. If an ID is invalid or the strain is not currently available at the MMRRC, the user may encounter a "No Data Found" error.

Contact us (support@mmrrc.org) if you need assistance establishing links between your web pages and the MMRRC website.