Molecular biosciences data and methods

Molecular biology, genetics, biochemistry

The following gateways link to a large number of sequence and structure databases and tools, model organism genome and phylogenetic sites:

• Expasy Life Science Directory
• BioHunt, Expasy, search engine
• National Center for Biotechnology Information/National Library of Medicine databases
• Bioinformatics links directory, UBC Bioinformatics Center
• European Bioinformatics Institute, EMBL, UK
• Gene Almanac, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
• Functional genomics: scientific resources, from Science magazine

• In the Library catalogue, search keywords such as:
  "molecular biology" and handbooks
  biochemistry and handbooks
  to find collections of data. Examples are:
  Data for biochemical research. R.M.C. Dawson. 3rd ed. Clarendon Press, 1986. Reference collection 574.1920212 D232
  Cell and molecular biology: essential data. D. Rickwood. Wiley, 1995. Main collection 572.8072 R539c

Protocols

• Methods in enzymology, 1955-
• Nucleic Acids Research: methods online
• bioProtocol.com, Bio Online
• Cell biology laboratory manual, William H. Heidcamp, Gustavus Adolphus College

• To find books in the Library, do Library catalogue searches such as:
  "molecular biology" and ("laboratory manuals" or method? or technique or protocol?)
  biochemistry and ("laboratory manuals" or method? or technique or protocol?)

Human genome and medical genetics

• Human genome resources, NCBI
• National Human Genome Research Institute
• Omics gateway, Nature
• Human Genome Project Information, Department of Energy
• Human chromosome launchpad, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
• Genetics home reference, National Library of Medicine, U.S.

Developmental biology

• Virtual Library Developmental biology, Society for Developmental Biology
• NIH stem cell information

Enzymes and metabolic pathways

• BRENDA: comprehensive enzyme information system, Cologne University
• REBASE: restriction enzyme database
• Enzyme Nomenclature Database, ExPASy server, Geneva
• International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology - IUBMB and IUPAC nomenclature recommendations.
• KEGG: Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes

Encyclopaedias and dictionaries

• BioTech Life science dictionary, Indiana University
• Talking glossary of genetics terms, National Human Genome Research Institute
• Genome glossary, Human Genome Project
• BioABACUS abbreviations and acronyms
• UCMP glossary of biological terms
• Online Medical Dictionary
• Pronunciation of biological Latin
• NCBI taxonomy home page
• International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology nomenclature

• Encyclopedia of molecular biology and molecular medicine. 6 vols. VCH Publishers, 1996-1997. Reference collection 611.01816 M613e
• Encyclopedia of genetics. Fitzroy Dearborn, 2001. Reference collection 576.503 R331e
• Encyclopedia of human biology. 2nd ed. 1997. Reference collection 612.003 D879e.2
• Comprehensive biochemistry. Ed. M. Florkin. 1962-. Main collection 574.19 F63co

• Oxford dictionary of biochemistry and molecular biology. 2nd ed. Oxford University Press, 2006. Reference collection 572.03 S642o.2
• Dictionary of cell and molecular biology. 3rd ed. Academic Press, 1999. Main collection 571.603 L141d
• Encyclopedia of molecular biology. Blackwell Science, 1994. Reference collection 574.8803
• Dictionary of microbiology and molecular biology. 3rd ed. Wiley, 2001. Reference collection 579.03 S617d
• Genetics manual: current theory, concepts, terms. World Scientific, 1998. Reference collection 576.5 R314g
• A dictionary of genetics. 5th ed. Oxford University Press, 1997. Reference collection 575.103 K54d.5