Pedro's Research Tools

A Collection of WWW Links to Information
and Services Usefull to Molecular Biologists

This Page is now mirrored in the U.S. and in Switzerland.
For your convenience use the nearest connection!.

Molecular Biology Search and Analysis:

Bibliographic, Text and File Searches:

Guides, Tutorials and Help Tools:


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Molecular Biology Search and Analysis:

3D-ALI - Database relating Proteins Structures and Sequences (see Documentation) at EMBL-Heidelberg
AA Composition - Protein Identification (SwissProt) using Amino Acid Composition at ExPASy, Switzerland
Biologist's Search Palette - Collection of Search Engines for Biological Databases at Oxford U., UK
BioSCAN - Biological Sequence Comparative Analysis at U. North Caroline
BLAST at NCBI and BLAST-FTHOM at ABC, Hungary
BLITZ at EMBL-Heidelberg
BLOCKS - Database of Highly Conserved Regions in Proteins and BLOCKS-WAIS at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, BLOCKS at EMBL-Heidelberg and BLOCKS-Search w/ search from Iowa State
Codon Usage - Analysis of Different ORFs in a Gene Sequence at U. Minnesota
Cloning Vectors - Database at John Hopkins
dbEST - Database of Expressed Sequence Tags at NCBI
DBGET - Integrated Database Retrieval System (w/ diagram links) at GenomeNet, Japan
DDBJ - DNA Database of Japan at National Institute of Genetics, Japan
Dot Plot - Compare a DNA Sequence with Itself at U. Minnesota
DSSP - Database of Secondary Structure of Proteins from PDB at EMBL-Heidelberg
EC Enzyme at John Hopkins and EC Number Table at GenomeNet, Japan and GenoBase Enzyme Index at NIH
EMBL Database and EMBL Database Updates at EMBnet-Basel
EMP Compound and EMP Pathways - Selkov Enzyme and Metabolic Pathway (EMP) Database at NIH
ENTREZ - Protein and Nucleotide Database at NCBI
EPO - European Patent Office Nucleotide Database at CSC, Finland
FSSP - Database of Families of Structurally Similar Proteins derived from PDB at EMBL-Heidelberg
GenBank Database (+Updates) at NCBI and GenBank-Fetch at Washington U.
GenoBase at NIH
GenQuest - Search Against Protein Databases with the Q server at John Hopkins
GuessProt - Selects SwissProt proteins given pI and Mw at ExPASy, Switzerland
HHS - SwissProt and PDB Systematic Sequence Classification Database at Washington U.
HSSP - Database of Homology-Derived Structures of Proteins based on PDB and SwissProt at EMBL-Heidelberg
Kabat - Database of Proteins of Immunological Interest at John Hopkins
Klotho - Biochemical Compounds Declarative Database at Washington U.
LIGAND - Ligand Chemical Database for Enzyme Reactions at GenomeNet, Japan
LiMB - Listing of Molecular Biology Databases at NIH and LiMB at EMBL-Heidelberg
Molecules R US and PDB At A Glance - Interactive Text and Images of PDB Files at NIH
Motif - Patterns in Protein Sequences at GenomeNet, Japan w/ search from Iowa State
MPBD - Molecular Probe Data Base at EMBL-Heidelberg and MPDB at U. Agricultural Sciences, Sweeden
MSA - Multiple Sequence Alignment at Washington U.
NRL_3D - Sequence/Structure Database derived from PDB at John Hopkins and NRL_3D at EMBL-Heidelberg
OWL - Non-Redundant Protein Sequence Database (Updated Daily) at John Hopkins
PDB - Protein Data Bank Structures and PDB-Pending at Brookhaven National Laboratory , PDB at GenomeNet Japan, PDB at U. Genova, Italy, PDB-List and PDB-Annotated at Brussels Free U., Belgium and PDB-Select at EMBL-Heidelberg
PDBSTR - Re-organized Protein Data Bank at GenomeNet, Japan
PHD - Predict Protein Secondary Structure at EMBL-Heidelberg w/ search from Iowa State
PIR - Protein Identification Resource Database at John Hopkins
PIRALN - Database of Sequence Alignments based on PIR at EMBL-Heidelberg
PMD - Protein Mutant Database at GenomeNet, Japan and PMD at EMBL-Heidelberg
PMOTIF - Search Protein Motifs in Gene Sequence at U. Minnesota
Poland - Calculate the Thermal Denaturation Profile of Double Stranded RNA or DNA at Uni-Düsseldorf, Germany
Protein Families - Links to Information on Different Protein Families at Iowa State
PRF - Protein Research Foundation Sequence Database at GenomeNet, Japan
Primer Selection - Select Primers in a Gene Sequence at U. Minnesota
ProDom - Repository of Protein Domain Families at EMBL-Heidelberg and ProDom-Info at Iowa State
PROSITE - Protein Sites and Patterns Database at ExPASy, Switzerland and PROSITE-Search at EMBL-Heidelberg
Protein-Extras at EMBL-Heidelberg
PUU - Protein Domains Database Based on PDB-Select at EMBL-Heidelberg
ReBase - Restriction Enzyme Database at EMBL-Heidelberg and ReBase at John Hopkins
SBASE - Library of Protein Domains and SBASE-Search at ICGEB-Trieste, Italy
SCOP - Structural Classification of Proteins at Cambridge, UK
Sequence Annotation - Annotations on NCBI Sequences at
Sequence Translation - Translate Gene Sequences at U. Minnesota
Sleuth - Amino Acid Conformation and Solvent Accessibility of PDB Files at Washington U.
SRS - Network Browser for Databanks in Molecular Biology (w/ diagram links) at EMBL-Heidelberg
SwissProt - Protein Sequence Database (+ Weekly Updates) at ExPASy, Switzerland
TFD - Transcription Factor Database at NIH
Tm - Oligonucleotide Melting Point Determination at U. Minnesota

Bibliographic, Text and File Searches:

AA-Index - Amino Acid Index Database at GenomeNet, Japan
Annual Reviews - Bibliographic Searches at LMMB-National Cancer Institute
ArchiePlexForm - Search Files Available by Anonymous FTP at LeRC-NASA
BIBLIO - Molbio Journal Searches at Genethon, France and Biology Journal Contents at CERN, Switzerland
BIBSYS - Interuniversitary Bibliographic System in Norway
BIOBIB - Biocomputing Bibliography at ICGEB-Trieste, Italy and CompAlgo at CERN, Switzerland
Bio-catalogue - Catalogue of Molecular Biology Programs at Genethon, France
Bioline - Bio-Publications at Base de Dados Tropical, Brazil
Bionet Journal Articles and Bionet News
BIOSCI Archives at EMBnet-UK and BIOSCI at CERN, Switzerland
Biotechnology Abstracts DataBase at Stack-Serpukhov, Russia
BOING - Bio Oriented INternet Gophers at John Hopkins
CARL UnCover - Bibliographic Service from U. Texas
CRIS - Current Research Information System on Research Grants at USDA
Codon Usage Tables at Massachusetts General Hospital-Harvard and Table of Standard Genetic Code at NIH
Conference Listings - Search Chemistry, Biology and Medicine Conference Catalogs at Northern Illinois
DataResearch-Demo, -Authority and -LCMARC Databases at Data Research Associates
DIBUG - Discover Insight Biosym User Group Mailing List at EMBnet-Basel, Switzerland
EMBL-Software - Listing of Software Available from EMBL at U. of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden and EMBL.ALL-Search at John Hopkins
FGSC - Fungal Genetics Stock Center Online Catalogue at U. Kansas
GenTools at John Hopkins
Jughead - Gopher Directory Search at W&L
L.Allison Biblio - Collected References in Algorithms, Computing for Molecular Biology, WWW Sites, etc. at Monash University, Australia
Life Sciences List of Journals at UCSC
Listdoc - Amos Bairoch's List Documents Describing Molecular Biology Oriented Services, Software, Email Servers, FTP Sites, etc. at ExPASy, Switzerland
LITDB - PRF Protein/Peptide Literature Database at GenomeNet, Japan
MEDLINE - Bibliographic References of the National Library of Medicine and ENTREZ-MEDLINE Subset at NCBI and MEDLINE at EMBL-Heidelberg
Millipore On-line Catalog at John Hopkins
MSDS - Material Safety Data Sheets and Fisher Scientific MSDS's at Iowa State
Meetings/Symposia/Workshops in Biotechnology at U. Maryland
Newsletters - Newsletters in Biotechnology Issues at U. Maryland
NSF-Awards - Information on Research Grants at NSF
On-line Journals at Harvard
Powell's Technical Books - Consult Titles and Prices at Powell's Technical Books
QCPE - Quantum Chemistry Program Exchange Program Library at Okazaki National Research Institute, Japan and Quantum Chemistry Acronyms Database at Northern Illinois U.
Scientific Journal Abbreviation at Oregon State
Seqanalref - Sequence Analysis Bibliographic Reference Data Bank at Harvard
Softsearch - Search and Retrieve Software and Data starting at John Hopkins
U.S. Patent Database at Town Hall
Veronica - Search Gopher Files and Directories at U. Nevada
W3 Search Engines at Georgia Tech
WebCrawler at U. Washington
WWW Worm at U. Colorado-Boulder

Guides, Tutorials and Help Tools:

AA-Notations and Properties and AA-Images with Atomic Numbering at IMB-Jena, Germany
Abbreviation of Chemical Compounds at FU-Berlin, Germany
Ag/Biotech Electronic Information Resources at U. Maryland
Amino Acids at FU-Berlin, Germany
Big Dummy's Guide to the Internet
BioGuide - PCR Guide at Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel
Biologist's Guide to Internet Resources at U. Minnesota
BIOSCI/Bionet FAQ at ANU, Australia
BIRCH - BIological Research Computer Hierarchy User's Guide at U. Montreal, Canada
Book Reviews in Biology at John Hopkins
Chemist's Guide to Network Resources at CSC, Finland
Course in Cellular Biology (in French) at U. Montreal, Canada
Course on Organic Chemistry of Biomolecules at U. Windsor, Canada
Course on Recombinant DNA Technology at U. Minnesota
Databases Related to Agricultural Biotechnology at U. Maryland
Dictionaries at Iowa State
Directories Related to Agricultural Biotechnology at U. Maryland
GCG-GenManual (Analysis Type) and GCG-GenHelp (Program Name) at Harvard
Guide to Computer-Assisted Drug Design at Computational Chemistry Archives-Ohio
Guide to DNA Cloning in E. coli at UWF
Guide to GCG and AGRENET at U. Minnesota
Guide to Geometric Aspects of Protein Structure and Function at Duke
Guide to Molecular Modeling at NIH
Guide to Printed Information Sources in Biotechnology at U. Maryland
Guide to ProCheck at EMBL-Heidelberg, Germany
Guide to Sequence Search at Harvard
Guide to XMol at U. Minnesota
Fundamental Physical Constants at FU-Berlin, Germany
Interaction Trap - Method to clone cDNAs of proteins that interact w/ known protein at Harvard
Materials & Methods and M&M-Search - Laboratory Protocols at Bio-Indiana
Mathematics & Biology at U. Jena, Germany
Molecular Biology Protocols at NWFSC-NOAA
NetBiochem - Medical Biochemistry Course at U. Utah
Primer on Molecular Genetics at John Hopkins
Molbio French Dictionary and its English-French Version at CITI2, France
PCR in situ (1): New Technologies with Single Cell Resolution for the Detection and Investigation of Viral Latency and Persistance at U. Minnesota
PCR in situ (2): Amplification and Detection in a Cellular Context at U. Minnesota
Periodic Table at Berkeley and WebElements at U. Shefield, UK
RasmolHELP at Iowa State
SI Units at FU-Berlin, Germany
Tutorials in Analytical Chemistry at Virginia Tech
Tutorials in Organic Chemistry at Virginia Tech
Tutorials in Physical Chemistry at Virginia Tech
UNIXhelp for Users and UNIX Manual Pages

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Last Modified: 09/06/94


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