Internet Resources
| Alliance of Genome Resources | www.alliancegenome.org |
| Basic Local Alignment Search Tool (BLAST) | ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/BLAST |
| ClinicalTrials.gov | clinicaltrials.gov |
| DNA Data Bank of Japan (DDBJ) | www.ddbj.nig.ac.jp |
| European Molecular Biology Laboratory–European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI) | www.ebi.ac.uk |
| GenBank | www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/genbank |
| iCn3D | www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Structure/icn3d/docs/icn3d_about.html |
| Mouse Genome Database (MGD) | informatics.jax.org |
| Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man (OMIM) | omim.org |
| Protein Data Bank (PDB) | www.rcsb.org/pdb |
| RefSeq | ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/refseq |
| Single Nucleotide Polymorphism Database (dbSNP) | www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/SNP |
| Vector Alignment Search Tool (VAST) | www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Structure/VAST |
| Zebrafish Information Network (ZFIN) | zfin.org |
Further Reading
1 Baxevanis, A.D. (2012). Searching Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man (OMIM) for information on genetic loci involved in human disease. Curr. Protoc. Hum. Genet. Chapter 9, Unit 9.13.1–10. A protocol-driven description of the basic methodology for formulating OMIM searches and a discussion of the types of information available through OMIM, including descriptions of clinical manifestations resulting from genetic abnormalities.
2 Galperin, M.Y., Fernández-Suárez, X.M., and Rigden, D.J. (2017). The 24th annual Nucleic Acids Research database issue: a look back and upcoming changes. Nucleic Acids Res. 45: D1–D11. A curated, annual review of specialized databases of interest and importance to the biomedical research community.
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This chapter was written by Dr. Andreas D. Baxevanis in his private capacity. No official support or endorsement by the National Institutes of Health or the United States Department of Health and Human Services is intended or should be inferred.
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