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Centers and Institutes

American Type Culture Collection (ATCC)
Comperative Human Linkage Centre (CHLC)
The Computational Biology and Informatics Laboratory (CBIL) maintains software and databases for computational biology
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
US Dept. of Energy - Office of Energy Research (ER) and Office of Health and Environmental Research Biological and Environmental Research Program
Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum (DKFZ) has a Biocomputing Service Group
Deutsches Humangenomprojekt (DHGP) - German Human Genome Project
European Bioinformatics Institute (EBI)
European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL)
European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
European Molecular Biology network (EMBnet),with national european servers
Forschungsinstitut für Molekulare Pharmakologie (FMP)
GÉNÉTHON
Genome Sequence DataBase (GSDB) at the National Center for Genome Resources (NCGR)
Laboratorium für Molekulare Biologie (LMB) - GenZentrum der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU)
Glasgow University Protein Crystallography
Harvard Biological Laboratories - Genome Research
UK MRC Human Genome Mapping Project (HGMP)
Integrated Genome Database (IGD) - at DKFZ
Informatics for Biomolecules and Genomes (INFOBIOGEN)
Lawrence Berkley National Laboratory (LBNL) - Human/Drosophila genomic sequencing
Structural Genomics at the Los Alamos National Laboratory Bioscience Division
Max-Delbrück-Centrum für Molekulare Medizin Berlin-Buch (MDC)
Max-Planck-Institute for Molecular Genetics Berlin (MPIMG)
Munich Institute for Protein Sequences (MIPS)
National Centre for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) of the National Library of Medicine (NLM) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH)
National Institute for MedicalResearch (NIMR) of the Medical Research Council (MRC)
National Institute of Genetics (NIG), Japan with DNA Data Bank of Japan (DDBJ)
The Norwegian EMBnet Node
Oxford University
Pasteur Institute
Proteinstrukturfabrik - The Protein Structure Factory (PSF)
Resource Centre - Primary Database (RZPD) of the German Human Genome Project. (Ressourcenzentrum im Deutschen Humangenomprojekt)
Sanger Centre
SDSC - A National Laboratory for Computational Science and Engineering
The Institute for Genomic Research (TIGR)
Washington University with WashU-Merck EST Project. Links to other sequencing centres.
The Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics
WFCC World Data Centre for Microorganisms (WDCM)
Whitehead Institute/MIT has Eric Lander's MapMaker
The Wolfson Institute for biomedical research at University College London (UCL)

Information and Literature Databases

ATP synthase page - by Boris A. Feniouk
Information Retrieval Services for the Max-Planck-Institutes
Argonne National Laboratory at the University of Chicago
Encyclopedia of E. coli Genes and Metabolism (EcoCyc)
HUM-MOLGEN is a moderated, interactive communication and information listserver in Human Genetics.
International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) - Organic & Biochemical Nomenclature, Symbols & Terminology etc.
IUPAC Nomenclature of Carbohydrates
Medical Journal Directory
PCR Station - some information on PCR
PubMed - Provides free access to MEDLINE

Sequence Databases and Analysis, Mapping

General, species specific, cDNA clone resources, Protein

General

The Bioinformatics Library - BioLib
Codon usage tabulated from GenBank (CUTG)
The Dictionary of Cell Biology online - look up information or contribute an article
GeneQuiz - A system for large scale sequence analysis
ImMunoGeneTics database (IMGT) at LIGM, Montpellier
DNA Data Bank of Japan (DDBJ) at the National Institute of Genetics(NIG)
Japan's GenomeNet with TFSEARCH: Enter a promoter sequence and TFMATRIX: view factor binding sites.
GenBank (GB), the Expressed Sequence Tag Database dbEST, OMIM, Taxonomy, Genetic Codes and more at the National Library of Medicine (NLM) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Organelle Genome Megasequencing Program (OGMP, Canada)
Genetic Linkage Analysis by Jurg Ott's group
Hopkins Bio-Informatics Home Page: OWL, NRL3D, EC-Enzyme, GenQuest, REBASE, TBASE, DOE - research activities, DSHB - monoclonal antibodies, GDB, links, publications
In-silico.com - In silico experiments with complete bacterial genomes
Molecular Probe Database (MPD): Genetic probes.
Nucleic Acid Database Project (NDP)
ORFer - Retrieval of DNA and protein sequences and open reading frames from GenBank, XML parser
SRS: Network Browser for Databanks in Molecular Biology with TransFac - transcription factor binding sites and more.
The Eukaryotic Promoter Database (EPD) / Transcription Factor Database (TFD)
Vector db: Sequences of common vectors
Cloning Vector Collection - collection of cloning vectors that can be ordered.
XREFdb at NCBI - Cross-referencing the Genetics of Model Organisms with Mammalian Phenotypes

species specific

List of Genomic Databases and Resources listed by Genus species or common name
Databases of the Agricultural Genome Information System (AGIS) - various organisms

Arabidopsis thaliana

Arabidopsis thaliana Database (AtDB)
The TIGR Arabidopsis thaliana Database

Bacillus subtilis

Non-Redundant Database for Bacillus subtilis (NRSub)
SubtiList, the reference dataset about genetics of Bacillus subtilis.

Caenorhabditis elegans

ACeDB (A Caenorhabditis elegans DataBase) - (see also)
Science Genome Maps VI: Caenorhabditis elegans Genome Project

Drosophila melanogaster

Flybase: database of genetic and molecular data for Drosophila melanogaster

Escherichia coli

The complete E. coli K-12 Genome Sequence at the University of Wisconsin - Madison

Haemophilus influenzae

The TIGR Haemophilus influenzae Rd Genome Database (HIDB)
EMBL GeneQuiz: automated analysis of Haemophilus influenzae proteins

Homo sapiens

A New Gene Map of the Human Genome - GeneMap '98 at NCBI - radiation hybrid mapping of 30,181 human gene-based markers
BioBase, The Danish Biotechnological Database
CBIL public databases: EPODB (erythropoesis genes), LENS (EST clone identifiers), TESS (search TransFac), MTIR (muscle tissue regulation)
Genome Database (GDB): human genetic map. Mirrored at DKFZ
Human Gene Nomenclature Committee - Links gene names to databases
An STS-Based Map of the Human Genome
TAGC Project - expression analysis in the immune system
The X chromosome mapping project at the MPIMG with the Integrated X chromosome Database (IXDB)
TIGR/Nature Human Genome Directory Search

Methanococcus jannaschii

The TIGR Methanococcus jannaschii Genome Database (MJDB)
GeneQuiz: automated analysis of Methanococcus jannaschii proteins

Mouse - Mus musculus

The European Collaborative Interspecific Mouse BackCross (EUCIB)
The Jackson Laboratory: Mouse Genome Database (MGD), has a UK mirror.
Mouse Development Atlas

Mycoplasma genitalium

The TIGR Mycoplasma genitalium Genome Database (MGDB)
GeneQuiz: automated analysis of Mycoplasma genitalium proteins

Rat

RatMap - The Rat Genome Database
RATMAP 1997 at the Wellcome Trust Centre, Oxford

Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Saccharomyces cerevisiae Genome Database (SGD)
Yeast Protein Database (YPD)
GeneQuiz: automated analysis of all available Saccharomyces cerevisiae proteins

Zebrafish - Danio rerio

The Zebrafish Server - Oregon
FishScope - zebrafish developmental biology movies
Zebrafish Information Server - South Carolina

cDNA clone resources

The IMAGE consortium - the world's largest public collection of genes
IMAGEne - IMAGE has created clusters of all their cDNA clones.
EST Clone Resources at the American Type Culture Collection (ATCC)
dbEST - Expressed Sequence Tags from a number of organisms.
Mammalian Gene Collection (MGC) generates full-length complementary DNA (cDNA) resources.
The EST machine: Directory of links to bioinformatics resources for Expressed Sequence Tags analysis
Integrated Molecular Analysis of Gene Expression (IMAGE)
UniGene Unique Human Gene Sequence Collection at NCBI
WashU-Merck EST Project.

Proteins

BIND - Biomolecular Interaction Network Database
BIOBASE - The Danish Biotechnological Database
BLOCKS - Protein classification.
Brenda - the Comprehensive Enzyme Information System, query by EC number or enzyme name
The Brutlag Bioinformatics Group - EMOTIF, EMATRIX, 3MOTIF
Center for Biological Sequence Analysis (CBS) has NetOglyc: predictions of O-glycosylation sites and other prediction servers
Delta Mass: Mass changes after Modifications - for Mass Spectrometry
DALI server for comparing protein structures in 3D
ExPASy, with SWISS-PROT, PROSITE, SWISS-2DPAGE, SWISS-3DIMAGE, ENZYME and SeqAnalRef
The Homeobox Page
Human Protein Reference Database - Comprehensive index on human protein function, regulation, interaction, structure etc.
ImMunoGeneTics database (IMGT) at LIGM, Montpellier
Ion Source - Mass spectrometry and Biotechnology Resource, the Links are recommended
International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB)has SBASE - a protein domain database.
MINT - a relational database designed to store interactions between biological molecules.
Munich Institute for Protein Sequences (MIPS) contributing to the PIR-International Protein Sequence Database the European Yeast Functional Analysis Program (Eurofan) the European Sequencing of Arabidopsis thaliana (ESSA) the German Network for Functional Analysis in Yeast the European Molecular Biology Network (EMBnet)
MOWSE - search OWL for proteins which most likely correspond to your proteolytic peptide masses.
NEB's Restriction Enzyme (and Methylases) Database (REBASE)
ProDom protein domain database
Protein Data Collection (PDB) - at Brookhaven National Library
Pfam- Protein families database of alignments and HMMs at the Sanger Centre. Pfam at WashU Dept. Genetics
PROWL
Protein sequence-structure alignments: DSSP, PDBSELECT, PDBFINDER.
Structural Classification of Proteins (SCoP): Comparisions to sequences with known structure.
Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics with ProfileScan
SMART - Simple Modular Architecture Research Tool of the Bork group
DbBrowser of the UCL Bioinformatics Institute. OWL, PRINTS (protein fingerprints) and more.
UCSF Mass Spectrometry Facility of the University of California San Francisco
V BASE - Directory of Human V Gene Sequences at the MRC Centre for Protein Engineering Cambridge, UK (MRC-CPE)
Yeast Protein Map (YPM) - 2D Gel Map of Saccharomyces cerevisiae proteins

Link collections, News, Careers, Industry Guides

Amos' WWW links page
Antikörper online - Der Marktplatz für Forschungsantikörper
Baylor College of Medicine (BCM) with the BCM Search Launcher and the Biologist's Control Panel
Biology Online - Learn the basics, all the way through to advanced Biology
Bionity - der Informationsdienst für die Biotechnologie und Pharmaindustrie
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press: BioSupplyNet biomedical research products and services
BioSpace - the hub site for the world's most exciting industry
Biochemist On-Line

BioChipNet
The informational website on BioChip Technologies

bioinformatik.de
Bio Netbook - a searchable directory of Web pages for Biology
BIOSCI/Bionet Newsgroups
Bitesize Bio Blog - the molecular and cell biologist's companion
The CMS-SDSC Molecular Biology Resource
Crystallography at SDSC
Crystallography World Wide (IUCr)
Dechema - Deutsche Gesellschaft für Chemisches Apparatewesen, Chemische Technik und Biotechnologie e.V.
Genamics - comprehensive index of scientific software, online journals, and more
Genetics Times - Genetics News and Research
icademic.org - Online Life Science Resources, Agronomy, Biochemistry, Bioinformatics, Biology, Biotechnology, Botany, Chemistry, Food Science,
Paul N. Hengen's Molecular Biology Homepage - Editor of biosci.methds-reagnts
HUM-MOLGEN Internet Communication Forum
Sites for the Molecular Biology - LINKS - links to databases, software , journals and publishers etc.
NIH molbio links
Science Advisory Board - worldwide panel of more than 5,000 life science and medical professionals
SciQuest - search vendors database by product
SPAM Systematic Protein Annotation and Modeling - Tools and Data Resources in Support of Structural Genomics
The-Science-Lab.com Biology resources - directory of Biology related websites.
Verband Forschender Arzneimittelhersteller e.V. (VFA)
Labome - Common Laboratory Services
Vadlo - Search the Internet for protocols, databases, tools, Powerpoint slides.

Journals and Books

BioMedCentral - large collection of free online journals, life science and medicine
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Journals (James R. Beasley)
List of Chemistry Journals
Direct Text Book - Find low prices on New and Used textbooks
HighWire Press journal list
OCLC - Online Computer Library Center

electronic journals

Electronic Journal of Biotechnology (EJB)
Electronic Journal of Cognitive and Brain Sciences (EJCBS)
Frontiers in Bioscience, a journal and virtual library
InterJournal
Molecular Plant Biology
Neuroscience Net
WWW Journal of Biology

paper and electronic journals

Annual Reviews Biomedical Sciences
BioTechniques
Cell, Immunity, Neuron
Central European Journal of Chemistry
GenomeBiology - free access to primary research articles
Journal of Biochemistry
Journal of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Nature
Nucleic Acids Research
PNAS - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Protein expression and purification
Protein Engineering
Protein Science of the Protein Society
Science

Books

JF Lehmanns
Galapagos Books at BioMedNet - Blackwell's Bookshop, Oxford Univ. Press, Solus Books
Genome Analysis Series edited by Kay E. Davies
Polycrystal Book Service Scientific Books and Journals
CPL Press Online Bookshop - Scientific & Technical Books in the life sciences

Publishers

Academic Press - Ideal Appeal
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) Press
Elsevier Science publications - Science Direct - European Server
John Wiley & Sons
Oxford University Press

Companies

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

3M
Abbott
Abgent - antibodies, peptides, and protein expression
Addgene - a non-profit organization for sharing of plasmid constructs
Affymetrix
Agowa - Magnetic separation, sequencing, genomics, bioinformatics
Agouron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Allergan, Inc.
Alpha Bioverfahrenstechnik - Fermentation, cell culture applications
Altana Pharma
Ambion - the RNA company
Amersham Biosciences
Amgen
AnalytiCon Discovery
Argene Inc.
AstraZeneca
Astra Merck
Asys Hitech - microplate reader, washer, dispenser
Aventis Pasteur
Avidity - expression system for biotinylated proteins
Astex technology - fragment-based drug discovery
Axys Pharmaceuticals - drug discovery
BASF test2
Baxter International Inc.
Bayer - overview
Beckman Coulter - centrifugation, capillary electrophoresis,spectroscopy, HPLC, ...
Berkeley Antibody Company (BAbCO)
Beiersdorf
Berlex Laboratories, Inc. (Betaseron)
BIO 101
biodatabases.com - database development
Biogen
BioM - Munich BioTech Development
BIO-RAD
Biostep Labor- und Systemtechnik - Radioaktivitäts-Messtechnik, Bio-Imaging, Strahlenschutz
BioteCon
Bio-Technical Resources - research & development, bioprocess scale-up, pilot scale manufacturing, technology, economic assessments. Bacillus licheniformis, Hansenula polymorpha Bio-Tek Instruments, Inc.
Biovation - protein engineering company specialising in functional genomics
Biozym
BMG Labtech - The Microplate Reader Specialists
Boehringer-Ingelheim, Boehringer Ingelheim Bioproducts
Boehringer Mannheim
Brand
Bristol-Myers Squibb
Bruker - EPR, GC, NMR, FT-IR, MS, AXS
Cadus Pharmaceuticals a biotechnology company
Calorimetry Sciences Corporation (CSC) - calorimeters
Cambridge Research Biochemicals - custom peptides and antibodies
Caremark - MedPartners
C.B.S. Scientific - electrophoresis equipment
Celartia Cell Culture - Petaka cell culture media and supplies
Chemicon International - Cymbus monoclonal antibodies
Ciphergen SELDI - ProteinChip arrays for Functional Genomics.
Clontech - Innovative tools to accelerate discovery
Connaught
DASGIP - parallel fermentation and cultivation systems
Douglas instruments - Success in protein crystallisation
Dynal - supplier of the biomagnetic separation tool
Edge BioSystems (former AGTC)
Eppendorf
Eisai
Entelechon.com - Die Genschmiede, the gene forge
GATC - sequencing service
Geneart - gene synthesis, recombinant gene libraries, expression optimization and genetic immunization
Gene Codes Corporation - Sequencher sequence analysis program
Genencor - delivering innovation through biotechnology
Genentech
Gene Logic - accelerated drug discovery
Genetics Computer Group
Genetix - picking, gridding, replicating, arraying and microarraying automated solutions
GenSolutions - online access to gene sequences and homology and expression data discovered by Hyseq
Genome Pharmaceuticals Corporation (GPC)
Genome Systems Inc. - cDNA library screening service
Genset - genomics research for discovery of genes involved in common diseases and drug response
genoPrint - in vitro protein interaction screening
Gentronics - BTX, Electroporation
Genzyme a biotechnology and health care products company
Gigahertz-Optik - UV-Vis-NIR radiometers, photometers, color meters, laser / optical power meters, integrating spheres, R/T instruments and optically diffuse materials
Gilson
Glaucus Proteomics B.V. - peptide, protein and antibody arrays
Glaxo Wellcome
Glen Research
Glyko - putting carbohydrate analysis within everyone's reach...
Grace Biolabs
China GreatVista Chemicals - Manufacturer and supplier of biochemicals, agrochemicals, amino acids, pharmaceutical intermediates, enzyme supplements, herb extracts, dyes and pigments, and industrial chemicals
Grünenthal
Hampton Research - Solutions for crystal growth
Herolab - lab equipment
Hoechst
Hitachi Software
Human Genome Sciences (HGS)
Hyseq
IBA - Institut für Bioanalytik - Strep-TagII Expression System
Immunex - developing immune system science to protect human health
Immunometrics - immunoassay kits, reagents and some equipment
Incyte - bioinformatics expertise and high-throughput DNA sequencing
Infors - Fermenters, shakers, software
InViTek - DNA purification and sequencing
Invitrogen
Integra Biosciences
Interactiva - Oligo and peptide synthesis
Janssen-Cilag B.V.
JBL Scientific
Johnson & Johnson
Klinge-Pharma GmbH
Knoll - BASF Pharma
LTF-Labortechnik Fröbel
LabSystems - Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS), Chromatography Data Systems (CDS) and instrument integration systems
Lightools Research
Life Technologies, producer of Gibco BRL products
Lilly
Link Technologies - Molecular Biology Reagents
LION - sequencing, bioinformatics, sequence interpretation and functional analysis
Marsh Bioproducts - robotic equipment, small apparatus and laboratory consumables for laboratories
MD Biosciences - antibodies, immuno and cell biology assays, eukaryotic enzymes and proteins, arthritis, apoptosis and alzheimers research products
MD Biosciences
MBI Fermentas
MedProbe - DNA synthesis and sequencing, peptides, antibodies
Merck & Co.
Merck KG
Metabion - oligonucleotides
Metkinen - DNA and RNA
Micron Separations MSI - Filtration
Millennium Pharmaceuticals
Millipore
Molecular Dynamics
MoBiTec
Molecular Probes
Monsanto
MWG-Biotech
New Brunswick Scientific
New England Biolabs (NEB)
Novagen
Novartis
Novo Nordisk
Ocimum Biosolutions - Genomics, Proteomics, Bioinformatics and Custom Contract Services and LIMS
Ohmeda
Omega Optical
Onyx Pharmaceuticals - novel therapeutics based on the genetics of human disease
Organon
Osmonics/Poretics - filters
Otsuka Pharmaceutical Corp.
Oxford Molecular Group
Packard Instruments
Pall Corporation - Filtration. Separation. Solution.
Pall Gelman Sciences - Filtration and Separations products
PanVera - fluorescent polarization, recombinant human proteins, ...
Parke-Davis
Perkin-Elmer - analytical instruments and life science systems
PerSeptive
Pfizer
PHARMaGENE - Human Tissues
Pharmacia
PharMingen
Photometrics - high-performance CCD digital cameras
Pierce
Polyfiltronics - the pioneer in intelligent microplates
Premier Biosoft - Software for molecular biologists
Primm Labs
Proctor & Gamble
Progenitor - genomic leads and targets for new pharmaceuticals
Prot@gen - Proteomics, 2D gel electrophoresis, mass spectrometry
Protein Sciences Corporation (PCS) - Vaccines and Protein Therapeutics, GenXpress Baculovirus expression
Protein Solutions Incorporated - Light Scattering Products
Promega
Qiagen
Quantum Biotechnologies
R & D Laboratories
Redasoft - Windows software for plasmid maps and sequence analysis
Research Genetics
Research Organics
Roche
Rohm & Haas Co.
Roxane - a subsidiary of the Boehringer Ingelheim Corporation
Carl Roth
Sartorius - Weighing, Separation, Bearing Technology
Schering - Schering-Plough Research Institute
Santa Cruz Biotechnology: antibodies for signal transduction research
Schott - glass
Schwarz Pharma
Sci-Ed Software
Scientific Resources
Schleicher & Schuell - S&S Europe - Filters
ScyTek
Sequenom - DNA analysis tools
SEQwright DNA Sequencing
Seradyn Particle Technology
Sigma, Aldrich, Fluka, Supelco
SmithKline Beecham
Socorex
Solid Phase Sciences
Solvay - chemicals, pharmaceuticals and related products and services
Sonics and Materials - Ultrasonic applications
Spectronic Instruments - spectrophotometers, SLM-AMINCO® fluorescence instruments, FRENCH Press, MINIMATCH color spectrophotometers
Stratagene
Takara
Tosoh Biosep - TosoHaas Chromatography media
Tanabe Research Laboratories USA (TRL)
Texas Biotech Corp. (TBC) - discovery, development and commercialization of drugs
Textco, Inc.
UltraLum, Inc.
Upstate Biotechnology
UVP Ultra-Violet Products
VayTek, Inc.
VMA-Getzmann GmbH - Dispermat and Torusmill bead mills
V&P Scientific - innovative (manual) tools for high throughput research
Westing Software
Whatman - Leading the Way in Separations Technology
Warner-Lambert
Wyatt Technology
Xantos - cDNA library technology, rapid identification of disease-relevant targets and the discovery of better drugs
Zinsser Analytic - Life Science Automation
Zyomix - Protein microarrays

Author: Konrad Büssow, buessow@molgen.mpg.de
Last modified: Aug 2009

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