Online Information for Cell Biology

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Textbook Web sites

• Lodish, Molecular Cell Biology

Podcast Lectures on Cell Biology

• Cell Biology MCB 130 at UC Berkeley. Podcasts for every lecture, given by distinguished faculty.
• iBio Seminars at Am Soc Cell Biology. Interesting topics and speakers, some of which is directly relevant to our course.

Background Information

• Biochemistry Online Course
• Classic Experiments in Cell and Molecular Biology
• Error Bars. A short practical guide to how to use error bars and assess statistical significance.
• A primer on structural biology aimed at non-experts and novices.

Methodology Information in General

• Protocols Online.
• Cell Biology Lab Manual, Heidcamp web site.
• Biosci/BIONET, a collection of USENET newsgroups. Many topics, including methods. Searchable archives.
• BioChemWeb.org, a collection of online resources organized by topics in cell biology.

Proteins

• ExPASy, in Switzerland.

PCR

• Horizon Press PCR Gateway

Antibodies

• Antibody Resource Page

Peptides

• Peptide Resource Page

Signaling

• Proteins Domains at Tony Pawson's lab web site. Succinct descriptions of structure and functions.
• STKE (Signal Transduction Knowledge Environment, at Science Magazine).

Cell Motility

• Cell Migration Consortium

Light Microscopy

• Olympus' Microscope Resource Center. A lot of good, well-organized information. Includes some "hands-on" demonstrations of how to do things like adjust the phase rings for phase-contrast microscopy and the molecular rearrangements that occur when GFP becomes fluorescent.

Genome Databases

• NCBI. Access to many genome, sequence, and literature databases, including PubMed.
• Budding Yeast
• Nematode
• Drosophila
• Mouse
  • Ensembl
  • Jackson Lab
• Humans
  • Ensembl

Last updated:September 4, 2007