Department Research Guides identify and define standard information retrieval tools for a specific department. Each guide was created and is maintained by the library liaison for that department. We encourage you to recommend resources for the guides.
NCBI, which is part of the National Institute of Health, works to develop new information technologies to improve our understanding of molecular and genetic processes controlling health and disease.
This web site from NCBI provides information on the biochemical properties of all 20 amino acids, their structure, chemistry and function, and information on mutations caused when one amino acid is replaced by another.
A collection of animations from the DNA Learning Center of Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. Many of these animations deal with biochemistry and genetics.
NCBI provides reference sequences, including genome and protein information and transcripts, for a variety of organisms, including bacteria, viruses and eukaryotes.