Molecular Pathology Division resource center

Sequence Analysis

• Searching GenBank
  Search GenBank, dbEST (expressed sequence tag database) dbSTS (sequence tagged site database), or dbGSS (genome survey sequences database).
• BioToolkit
  Jump station to Internet servers- 3 categories, Nucleic Acid Analysis, Genome Resourses, and Protein Structural Imaging and Analysis.
• BLAST
  Search the public databases for homology to any sequence using BLAST.
• ExPASY
  ExPASy (Expert Protein Analysis System) is the proteomics server of the Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics (SIB) dedicated to the analysis of protein sequences and structures as well as 2-D PAGE

Genomics

• UniGene
  UniGene is an experimental system for automatically partitioning GenBank sequences into a non-redundant set of gene-oriented clusters.
• Genome Gateway
  A comprehensive web resource devoted to genomics maintained by the Nature publishing Group.
• Genomics Glossaries
  A very nice set of glossaries for Genomics, Pharmacogenomics, Proteomics, and Structural Biology. At the Cambridge Healthtech Institute (CHI) site. Use the buttons on the right of the frame to go to the Genomic Glossaries. 

 Genetics

• The Lieden Muscular Dystrophy page
  This site contains a lot of useful information on the genes and proteins involved in hereditary muscular dystrophy. Includes mutation/polymorphism databases and detailed protocols for molecular analyses.
• GeneTests
  Listing of clinical laboratories offering genetic testing.
• DNA Learning Center
  Introduction to DNA and genetics at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
• Breast Cancer Information Core
  Compilation of mutations (and methods) associated with inherited forms of breast cancer.
• The National Tay-Sachs & Allied Diseases Association
  (NTSAD ) is dedicated to the treatment and prevention of Tay-Sachs and related diseases, and to provide information and support services to individuals and families affected by these diseases, as well as the public at large.
• CAP Sample Exchange Registry
  The CAP Sample Exchange Registry for Alternative Assessment is an Internet-based service designed to connect laboratories performing esoteric genetic testing where no formal proficiency testing is available.  When at least three laboratories are identified as testing for the same genetic disorder, the CAP will facilitate the sample exchange.

Pharmacogenetics and Pharmacogenomics

• Defining Genetic Influences on Pharmacologic Responses
  Designed as a hypothesis testing, teaching and reference tool for physicians and researchers interested in drug interactions that are the result of competition for, or effects on the human cytochrome P450 system.

Metabolic Pathways

• Boehringer Mannheim "Biochemical Pathways"
  This page gives access to the digitized version of the Boehringer Mannheim "Biochemical Pathways" wall chart at the ExPASy site.

Cancer

• The Cancer Genome Anatomy Project
  (CGAP) is an interdisciplinary program established and administered by the National Cancer Institute to generate the information and technological tools needed to decipher the molecular anatomy of the cancer cell.

HIV

• AIDS Knowledge Base
  An on-line textbook on HIV disease from the University of California, San Francisco and San Francisco General Hospital
• Stanford HIV RT and Protease Sequence Database
  An on-line tool for the identification of drug resistance mutations in user submitted sequence.

HCV

• CDC
  Hepatitis homepage . Educational site on hepatitis at the CDC

Microarray Technology

• DRAGON
  Online software for the annotation and analysis of microarray data from the Professor Prevsner's lab at the Kennedy-Kreiger Isntitute. DRAGON is Database Referencing of Array Genes Online.

Organizations

• American Cancer Society
• American Society for Human Genetics
• American Society of Clinical Oncologists
• Association for Molecular Pathology
• Centers for Disease Control
• College of American Pathologists
• Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute
• National Institutes of Health
• United States Patent and Trademark Office