Molecular and Cell Biology Resources

Biochemistry Bioinformatics Cell & Developmental Biology Electronic Books

Methods & Protocols Molecular Biology Microbiology Model Organism Databases Neurosciences

Biochemistry

Books

• Biochemistry by Jeremy M. Berg, John L. Tymoczko, and Lubert Stryer, 2007, 6th ed. (Bioscience Library Reserves, QP514.2.S66 2007)
• Biochemistry & molecular biology of plants edited by Bob B.
  Buchanan, Wilhelm Gruissem, Russell L. Jones (Bioscience Library Reserves, QK861.B45 2000)
• Lehninger principles of biochemistry by David L. Nelson, Michael M.
  Cox (Bioscience Library Reserves, QH345.L43 2008)

UCB Databases

• SciFinder Scholar (web & client versions)
• CrossFire Beilstein/Gmelin
• Databases [Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Library]

Selected Websites

• Advanced Light Source  [Lawrence Berkeley Lab]
• BioMagResBank [University of Wisconsin]
• ChemIDplus provides chemical records and structures. [NLM SIS]
• Protein Data Bank: a portal to biological macromolecular structures.
• PubChem provides information on the biological activities of small molecules. [NCBI]
• UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot, the manually annotated and reviewed section of the UniProt Knowledgebase (UniProtKB).
• WWW Virtual Library of Biochemistry and Cell Biology

Bioinformatics

Books

• Introduction to bioinformatics by Arthur M. Lesk (UCB Bioscience Library, QH507.L47 2008)

Selected Websites

• Bioinformatics.org
• Bioinformatics Resources at CSHL
• DNA Data Bank of Japan (DDBJ)
• European Bioinformatics Institute (EBI)
• European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL)
• Human Genome Project (HGP)
• International Nucleotide Sequence Database Collaboration (INSDC)
• International Society for Computational Biology (ISCB)
• National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI)
• National Center for Genome Resources
• National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI)
• Sequence Analysis on the Web [UCSF Sequence Analysis & Consulting Service]
• Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics (SIB)
• Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute

Cell & Developmental Biology

Books

• The Cell - A Molecular Approach by Geoffrey M. Cooper, 2000, 2nd ed. (PubMed Bookshelf)
• Developmental Biology by Scott F. Gilbert, 2000, 6th ed. (PubMed Bookshelf)
• Molecular biology of the cell by Bruce Alberts (UCB Bioscience Library Reserve, QH581.2.M64 2008, also available online in 2002 edition on PubMed Bookshelf)
• Molecular cell biology by Harvey Lodish (UCB Bioscience Library Reserve, QH581.2.M655 2008, also available online in 1999 edition on PubMed Bookshelf)

Selected Websites

• Society for Developmental Biology 
• WWW Virtual Library of Biochemistry and Cell Biology

Methods & Protocols

Comprehensive Resources

• Current Protocols [Wiley InterScience]: contains Current Protocols in Bioinformatics, Cell Biology, Human Genetics, Molecular Biology, Microbiology, Neuroscience, Protein Science
• Springer Protocols (formerly BioMedProtocols.com)
• Nature Protocols
  
• Cold Spring Harbor Protocols
• Methods in Enzymology

Selected Websites

• Protocol Online Molecular biology, cell biology, immunology
• Biowww.net 

Molecular Biology Web Resources

Microbiology

Books

• Brock biology of microorganisms by Michael T. Madigan (UCB Bioscience Library Reserve, QR41.2.B77 2009)
• EcoSal (Escherichia coli and Salmonella: Cellular and Molecular Biology)
• Medical Microbiology, 1996, 4th ed. (PubMed Bookshelf)
• The Prokaryotes (Springer publication)

Selected Websites

• American Society for Microbiology (ASM)
• American Type Culture Collection
• Federation of European Microbiological Societies (FEMS)
• International Union of Microbiological Societies (IUMS)
• Society for General Microbiology (SGM)
• The Microbiology Information Portal

Model Organism Databases

General

• NCBI Model Organisms Guide
• NIH Model Organisms Site 
• BIOBASE Proteome Knowledge Library 
• Biocurator.org The left sidebar contains links to several model organism databases.
• Ensembl Genome Browser - eukaryotic genomes collection
• Entrez Genome Project (NCBI)
• Model Organisms - WWW Virtual Library 

Arabidopsis

• Arabidopsis Information Resources (TAIR)
• Arabidopsis Thaliana Genome View (NCBI)

C. elegans

• C. elegans II (PubMed Bookshelf)
• Caenorhabditis Elegans Genome (Ensembl)
• Nematode Genome Resources (NCBI)
• Sanger Institute C. elegans project
• WormAtlas
• WormBase
• WormBook
• Worm Protein Databases (BioBase)

Drosophila

• Berkeley Drosophila Genome Project
• Drosophila Genome Resources (NCBI)
• Drosophila Melanogaster Genome (Ensembl)
• Drosophila Melanogaster Genome View (NCBI)
• FlyBase 
• FlyBrain (University of Arizona)
• Fly Express (Arizona State University)
• The Interactive Fly

Eukaryotes

• euGenes:  Genetic Information for Eukaryotic Organisms

Human

• Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man (OMIM)
• Homo Sapiens Genome (Ensembl)
• Human Protein Databases (BioBase)

Mouse

• Mouse Genome Informatics (Jackson Lab)
• Mouse Genome Resources (NCBI)
• Mus Musculus Genome (Ensembl)
• Mus Musculus Genome View (NCBI)
• Mouse Protein Databases (BioBase)
• Mouse Genome Databases (University of Tennessee)

Prokaryotes

• Bacillus subtilis - Sublist| NRSub 
• E. coli
  • EcoCyc  - Encyclopedia of Escherichia coli K12 Genes and Metabolism 
  • EcoSal 
  • Institut Pasteur's Colibri 
  • CGSC Stocks (Yale)
  • dam, dcm and mut strain 

Rat

• Rat Genome Resources (NCBI)
• Rattus Norvegicus Genome (Ensembl)
• Rattus Norvegicus Genome View (NCBI)

Yeasts

• Saccharomyces Cerevisiae Genome (Ensembl)
• Saccharomyces Cerevisiae Genome View (NCBI)
• Saccharomyces Genome Project (Stanford)
• Saccharomyces Genome Resources (NCBI)
• Yeast Protein Databases (BioBase)

Neurosciences

Books

• Basic Neurochemistry, Molecular, Cellular, and Medical Aspects, George Siegel, 1999, 6th ed. (PubMed Bookshelf)
• Foundations of cellular neurophysiology by Daniel Johnston and Samuel Miao-sin Wu (UCB Bioscience Library Reserve, QP355.2.J64 1995)
• Neuroscience, Dale Purves, 2001, 2nd ed. (PubMed Bookshelf)
• Principles of neural science edited by Eric R. Kandel, James H. Schwartz, Thomas M. Jessell (UCB Bioscience Library Reserve, QP355.2.P76 2000)

Selected Websites

• Cognet (MIT)
• Flybrain (University of Arizona)
• Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute (Berkeley)
• Mouse Brain Library (University of Tennessee)
• NeuronDB (Yale)
• Neurosciences on the Net 
• Society for Neuroscience