General Reference

• Dictionary of Cell BIology
• Glossary of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
• Interactive Periodic Table of Elements by D.I.Mendeleev
• Abbreviation of Chemical Compounds Forgot what EDTA stands for?
• Amino acids Contains formulas and the three- and one-letter names of the amino acids.

Top-rated journals on-line

• Cell
• Embo
• Genes and Development
• Journal of Biological Chemistry (JBC)
• Nucleic Acid Research (NAR)
• Nature
• Proceedings of the National Academy of Science (PNAS)
• Science

Molecular Biology databeses

• Entrez Nucleotides "Search for sequences available in NIH GeneBank by accession number, author name, organism, gene/protein name, and a variety of other text terms."
• BLAST Retrieve DNA or amino acid sequence records from NIH GeneBank that are similar to ones that you submit.
• Swiss-Prot An annotated protein sequence database.
• PDB The most popular 3-D macromolecular structure database. A mirror site is available at Rutgers University: http://rutgers.rcsb.org/pdb/.
• Vector Database "Contains annotations and sequence information for many vectors commonly used in molecular biology."
• PubMed "Search service that provides access to over 10 million citations in MEDLINE, PreMEDLINE, and other related databases, with links to participating online journals."
• REBASE A restriction endonuclease database.

On-line analysis and calculating tools

• Seq Web at Waksman Institute, Rutgers University. A comprehensive on-line program for nucleic acid and peptide sequences analysis and comparison.
• Peptide Mass. Calculates molecular mass and theoretical isoelectric point of a peptide quiery.
• Webcutter. Builds a restriction map of a nucleic acid sequence submitted.
• Centrifuge Helper. Contains features of all rotor types and calculates RCF (x g) from speed (RPM).
• Biopolymer Calculator. Determines molecular mass and annealing temperature for PCR primers.