Web Directory

» 6th International Summer School "Biocomplexity from System to Gene"
   Summaries and reports from a summer school in Istambul, Turkey.
   http://www.fulton.asu.edu/%7ebioc2007/

» Anatomy of a Comparative Gene Expression Study
   Clear explanation of the process of comparing the gene expression in two cell populations or tissue samples by fluorescent microarray technique.
   http://www.cs.wustl.edu/~jbuhler/research/array/

» Biochemistry of Nucleic Acids
   Lecture notes on nucleic acid structure, DNA replication and repair, the genetic code and translation, as well as cancer genes, from Oregon State University, USA 2003.
   http://oregonstate.edu/instruction/bb492/general/schedule.html

» Computer Simulation of Molecular Biology Experiments
   Computer simulation of PCR amplification, AFLP-PCR and restriction digest of complete bacterial genomes.
   http://insilico.ehu.es/

» Control of Gene Expression
   A collection of diagrams illustrating the fundamentals of molecular biology.
   http://www.accessexcellence.org/RC/VL/GG/ecb/gene_expression.html

» Epigenetics Research
   News, jobs, recent literature, lab registry and an ontologically driven database that is updated daily.
   http://www.epidna.com/

» Eukaryotic Gene Expression Problem Set
   Multiple choice questions about post-transcriptional modification of RNA, promoters, and nuclear RNA processing. From: University of Arizona, USA 1997.
   http://www.biology.arizona.edu/molecular_bio/problem_sets/mol_genetics_of_eukaryotes/eukaryotes.html

» European Sequencing of Tobacco
   A collaboration between Advanced Technologies (Cambridge) Ltd and Tobacco Institute of Bergerac to sequence a large number of tobacco genes.
   http://www.estobacco.info

» Frontiers in Genetics
   The National Centre of Competence in Research (NCCR) Frontiers in Genetics is a network of 250 scientists from universities and institutes in Switzerland and part of a program created by the Swiss National Science Foundation.
   http://www.frontiers-in-genetics.org/

» Gene Expression
   Independent forum for discussion of gene expression.
   http://www.gnxp.com

» Gene Expression: Transcription
   Resource for transcription events during gene formation including schematic diagrams.
   http://users.rcn.com/jkimball.ma.ultranet/BiologyPages/T/Transcription.html

» Genetech Sri Lanka
   An institute in Colombo, Sri Lanka carrying out molecular diagnosis of infectious diseases, genetic screening of genetic disorders and cancer, paternity testing and forensic analyses. The institute also carries out commercially oriented research and teach
   http://genetech.webnode.com/

» Genlantis
   Reagents for transfection, gene expression, gene silencing, RNA interference, primary cell culture and sample preparation in proteomics research.
   http://www.genlantis.com/

» Genome-Wide Expression
   Report on a project to analyze the transcriptional regulatory circuitry of the yeast cell. From the Young Lab at the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, MIT, Cambridge, Mass., USA.
   http://web.wi.mit.edu/young/expression/home.html

» Genomes to Life
   The US Department of Energy at Oak Ridge program for research in moleular biology: goals and results.
   http://doegenomestolife.org/

» JCat
   Bioinformatic Tool to adapt Codon Usage to sequenced prokaryotes and eukaryotes, from the Technical University of Braunschweig, Germany.
   http://www.jcat.de

» Laboratory of Intelligent Systems
   Project at the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) creating electronic models of the evolution of gene expression, neural development and similar evolution processes.
   http://lis.epfl.ch

» Molecular Genetics
   Basic principles and experimental methods of molecular genetics, maintained at Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, USA.
   http://bioinfosu.okstate.edu/MG/MG01.html

» Regulation of Gene Expression
   Overview of different aspects of gene expression, including transcription, chromatin modification, and analysis of whole genomes, from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Mass, USA.
   http://web.wi.mit.edu/young/pub/regulation.html

» Reportergene
   Information and news related to reporter genes, that are used to monitor activation of genes and groups of genes. The community reviews trends in reporter genes development from peer-reviewed research.
   http://www.reportergene.com

» RiboWeb Project
   Knowledge base that combines data on the structure of the prokaryotic 30S ribosomal subunit that initiates the translation of mRNA into protein, its function and related links and references.
   http://helix-web.stanford.edu/ribo3dmodels/index.html

» Serial Analysis of Gene Expression
   Explanation of SAGE, a method for analysis of gene expression patterns.
   http://www.sagenet.org/

» Wikipedia: Expressed Sequence Tag
   Article explaining EST; short sub-sequences of genes, used in mRNA sequencing and in construction of DNA microarrays.
   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expressed_sequence_tag

» Wikipedia: Gene Expression
   Article with overview, and linking to definitions of topics of current interest to the public.
   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_expression

» Wikipedia: Genetic Code
   Article on the relationship between the nucleic acid base sequence and the corresponding polypeptide amino acid sequence.
   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genetic_code

» Wikipedia: Operon
   Article on the group of genes in primitive organisms that are controlled by one operator and one promoter to be activated together.
   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operon

» Wikipedia: Promoter
   Article on the sequence located upstream of a gene that enables its translation.
   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Promoter

» Wikipedia: RNA Splicing
   Article on the process and pathways catalyzed by the spliceosome, in the cell nucleus of eukaryotic cells prior to translation.
   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RNA_splicing

» Wikipedia: Shine-Dalgarno Sequence
   Article on signals that initiate protein synthesis in bacteria.
   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shine-Dalgarno_sequence

» Wikipedia: Signal Peptide
   Article on the short sequences that direct the post-translational transport of proteins after synthesis.
   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Signal_peptide