Transcription factories in a Hela cell [from Cook PR (1999) Science 284, 1790]

Nuclear Structure and Function Research Group

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based on his book 'Principles of Nuclear Structure and Function'

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Resources for APPENDIX: WEB SITES OF GENERAL INTEREST
Updated on 10 December, 2010

The companion web site to this book (publisher's)
Search on-line texbooks
On-line journals, databases, and internet resources in biology
Learned societies
Cell and nuclear structure
Software
Company sites
How to write clearly

The companion web site to this book (publisher's)
Web link:
http://www.wiley.com/cook

Search on-line texbooks
Web link:
Biochemistry Berg, Tymoczko, and Stryer) at NCBI
Developmental Boiology (Scott) at NCBI.
Genes and Disease at NCBI.
Genomes (Brown) at NCBI.
Molecular Biology of the Cell (Alberts et al.) at NCBI.
The Cell: A Molecular Approach (Cooper) at NCBI.

On-line journals, databases, and internet resources in biology
Web link:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/PubMed/ The National Library of Medicine (Bethesda, MD, USA) is the world's largest. This site provides a search service to its contents through MEDLINE (with links to participating on-line journals), and related databases.
http://intl.highwire.org/ Highwire Press - the imprint of the library of Stanford University - provides access to many biomedical journals.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/ The National Center for Biotechnology Information provides a gateway to various databases (eg genome maps, OMIM - a catalogue of genetic disorders).
http://www.ensembl.org/index.html Genome databases.  
http://ndbserver.rutgers.edu/  Database of nucleic acid structures.
http://www.imb-jena.de/IMAGE.html The IMB Jena Image Library of Biological Macromolecules contains visual and other information on biopolymers like DNA. .
Additional link:
http://www.biology.arizona.edu/default.html Biology project of the University of Arizona, with tutorials and tests.
http://www.nature.com/genomics/ Nature's Genome Gateway.
http://www.reactome.org/ A curated resource of core pathways and reactions in human biology.
http://www.pdg.cnb.uam.es/UniPub/iHOP/ Look up a protein, and see its interaction partners.
http://www.biowizard.com/ A Biomedical research portal to products, methods, tools, blogs, etc.

Learned societies
Web link:
http://www.ascb.org/ The American Society for Cell Biology.
http://www.bscb.org/ The British Society for Cell Biology.
http://www.nobel.se/ The website of the Nobel foundation, with links to web pages of prize-winners.

Cell and nuclear structure
Web link:
http://www.chromatin.us/chrom.html Chromatin.
http://www.chromosome.net/ Chromosomes.
http://www.mendelweb.org/  An educational resource for those interested in the origins of classical genetics, and introductory data analysis.
Additional link:
http://www.cellnucleus.com/ Links to tutorials, movies, and references on nuclear structure and dynamics.
http://www.bio.davidson.edu/courses/movies.html Links to various movies of molecules and cells.
http://bio.ltsn.ac.uk/imagebank Searchable image bank.
http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/ Various tutorials in cell and molecular biology.
http://medicalbillingandcodingcertification.net/resources/medical-resources-all-about-genetics/ All about genetics.

Software
Web link:
http://rsb.info.nih.gov/nih-image/ NIH Image is a public domain image processing and analysis program.
http://www.nrcam.uchc.edu Software for the creation and analysis of a 'virtual cell'.

Company sites
Web link:
http://www.probes.com/ The site of Molecular Probes Inc (a supplier of fluorescent reagents) which contains an extensive gallery of images of cells and nuclei.
http://www.mwrn.com/ Guide to microscopy.

How to write clearly
Web link:
http://www.counsell.com/ This page directs you to 'Word for the wise', an introduction on how to use Microsoft Word to write an extended essay.
http://www.bartleby.com/people/Strunk-W.html 'Elements of style' by William Strunk.
http://www.resort.com/~prime8/Orwell/ Links to 'Politics and the English Language' by George Orwell.

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