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Essential resources
Other useful resources
Summer research opportunities
Essential Resources
- BioBIKE portal
- Direct route to
PhAnToMe/BioBIKE instance
- Direct route to
CyanoBIKE instance
- Direct route to
ViroBIKE instance
- Course meeting rooms - Use it to meet others in the class at a distance
Here's a three-minute video for how to use these rooms.
Other Useful Resources
- Abbreviations
List of nucleotide, amino acid abbreviations, and genetic code
- Codon usage tables (courtesy of Yasukazu Nakamura)
Codon frequencies for large number of sequenced genomes
- FirstGlance in Jmol
Site to display molecular structures
- FoldIt
Protein-folding game that engages gamers in solving problems beyond the reach of computers
- GeneMark
Predict open reading frames in DNA sequences
- Genetic
code
Useful on line reference to recall code, types of amino acids, and their abbreviations
- Molecular Biology of the Cell (Bruce Alberts et al, 2002; 4th edition)
Molecular Cell Biology text book. Free for searching but not browsing.
- Mycobacteriophage DataBase
A site summarizing what is known concerning mycobacteriophages
- NCBI
National Center for Biotechnology Information: Home of
Blast, Entrez, much else
- Protein Data Base
Large collection of data concerning protein structure and sequence
- Protein Explorer
and help
Site to display molecular structures, offering more power than FirstGlance, at the cost of a more complicated interface
- Proteopedia
Repository of protein structures and educational tools
- Scale of the Universe
Examples of objects with sizes ranging from 10-35 to 10+27 m
- VCU Library
Apart from its many other merits, the library enables you to reach electronic journal articles that would otherwise be restricted.
Summer Research Opportunities
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