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Useful WWW Sites

A Few Sites Related to Biochemistry 462a.

• U of A Biochemistry - University of Arizona Department of Biochemistry
• NCBI - National Center for Biotechnology Information; includes links for resources for biochem/molec biol literature and molecular structures
• Protein Data Bank (PDB) - Hosted by the Research Collaboratory for Structural Bioinformatics
• Jmol - homepage for Jmol, which uses interactive web browser applets for viewing molecular structures
• RasMol Home Page at UMASS - home to numerous RasMol examples
• Chime Home Page at UMASS - home to numerous Chime examples
• The Chime support page at MDL - the company that produces Chime
• Swiss PDB Viewer - Another molecular graphics package (permits, for example, super positioning of proteins)
• BLC - University of Arizona Biology Learning Center
• Entrez - Structure, Gene, and Literature Searching
• Terminal labs - UA Computer Terminal Labs: open to all students and staff
• CCIT Info - CCIT (UA Center for computing and information technology) information page
• UA Library - Information about the University of Arizona Library
• UA Info - Information about the University of Arizona

Other Sites for Web-Based Biochemistry Course Material.

• videos of course lectures fall 2005
  • instructions for access
  • UA Searchable Video Library site
• Lehninger, Nelson & Cox, Principles of Biochemistry - web page for our textbook
• Web Biochemistry - Molecular Architecture and Enzymatic Mechanisms (University of Western Australia)
• Molecular Models for Biochemistry (Carnegie Mellon University)
• Biomolecular Structures (Göteborg University and Chalmers University of Technology)
• The Protein Explorer.  A chime-based protein structure exploring program by Eric Martz.
• The Online Macromolecular Museum (California Lutheran University)
• The Principles of Protein Structure, using the Internet (Birkbeck College)
• Interactive Biochemistry - A web page for another textbook
• Protein Structure web site.  Useful links to web sites on protein structure.
• X-Ray crystallography tutorial.  A good description of X-ray crystallography.
• Protein Structure tutorial.  An advanced treatment.
• Circular dichroism tutorial. A good description.
• Structural Classification of Proteins. A site showing protein structural motifs.