Important website links

* National Center for Biotechnology Information
* U of A library
* Biotechnology Computing Facility on campus
* On-line GCG manual (from software manufacturer)
* Other GCG info
 
The following links should give you some idea of the amount of information available on the world wide web. These are some of the best links around for microbiology and genetics. As you are looking around you are sure to find other links to useful sites, so when you do, send Baomin Wang an e-mail and she will add them to this list. Please include the words "PLP 428 links" in the subject line of your message. Thanks, and enjoy!

Resources

* The Institute for Genomic Research (TIGR) This is a great site which provides online access to genomic sequence data. Be sure to visit the TIGR database which lists all genomes sequenced or being sequenced. HINT: You may find this useful for your term paper.

 

* ProSite Database
Protein similarity searches by amino acid sequence.

 

* ProDom: Protein Domain Database
Analyze protein homologies via BLAST protocol. Complex but useful.

 

* The E. coli Index, Everything you ever wanted to know about E. coli !

 

* Introduction to Food borne Pathogenic Microorganisms and Natural Toxins
 

Just for fun

* Microbial Zoo . Light-hearted but loaded with information.