Molecular Biology

The study of the ultimate physiochemical nature of organisms.

Resources in this category:

BioChemWeb.org:The Virtual Library of Biochemistry, Moleculer Biology and Cell Biology
http://www.biochemweb.org/

It has several academic resources of biochemistry, molecular biology and cell biology compiled by the Fenteany Research Group from the University of Illinois Chicago.

Bugs in the News - Jack's Page
http://people.ku.edu/~jbrown/bugs.html

Leads to the collection of articles, in layman terms, covering science in the news, especially molecular biology-"Bugs in the News." Includes images of biological molecules from national laboratories.

Kimball's Biology Pages
http://www.ultranet.com/~jkimball/BiologyPages/

"Kimball's Biology Pages consist of a list of topics, arranged alphabetically, of biological terms. The terms are mostly from the areas of molecular and cellular biology. Each item may include: a definition; underlined links to other definitions; links to 'mini' essays on the topic. The mini-essays are stored as individual pages. Each will often contain 'in-line' graphics that will download with the page; links to pages on related topics."

Molecular Genetics Primer
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/About/primer/genetics_molecular....

This primer from the National Center for Biotechnology Information describes several of the basic techniques currently used in molecular genetics, including DNA and mRNA isolation, polymerase chain reaction (PCR), gel electrophoresis, DNA sequencing, chromosome analysis, and more.

NCBI Bioinformatics Factsheet
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/About/primer/bioinformatics.html

This factsheet from the National Center for Biotechnology Information explains the basic principles and applications of bioinformatics, the information science that supports modern research in genetics and molecular biology. The site briefly discusses the role of bioinformatics in evolutionary biology, protein modeling, and genome mapping, as well as describing a few of NCBI's bioinformatics tools.

Primer on Molecular Genetics
http://www.ornl.gov/sci/techresources/Human_Genome/publicat/...

This web site provides an introduction to molecular genetics, including sections on the following topics: Mapping and Sequencing the Human Genome, Model Organism Research, Informatics: Data Collection and Interpretation, and the Impact of the Human Genome Project. A glossary with brief definitions of major terms is also included. Many illustrations are linked to the text.