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Appendix B Database Descriptions
Pages 290-295

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... Linked databases for protein sequences, nucleotide sequences, 3D structures of proteins and nucleic acids, genomes, taxonomy, and the PubMed literature. Biochemical Nomenclature http://alpha.qmw.ac.uk/~ugcaOOO/iupac/jcbn The Biochemical Nomenclature Committee Web site has links to the International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry.
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... a c . u k / n o m e n c l a t u r e / Web site for the Human Gene Nomenclature Committee.
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... On its web site there is information on rat gene symbols, DNA symbols, chromosome nomenclature, and a brief summary of rat locus symbol nomenclature rules. Chicken Genetics and Genes http://www.ri.bbsrc.ac.uk/chickmap/nomenclature.html This Web site is the home of Chickmap, a chicken gene mapping project, maintained by the Roslin Institute.
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... http://www.atcc.org/ ATCC is a global nonprofit bioscience organization that provides biological products, technical services, and educational programs to private industry, government, and academic organizations around the world. The mission of the ATCC is to acquire, authenticate, preserve, develop, and distribute biological materials, information, technology, intellectual property, and standards for the advancement, validation, and application of scientific knowledge.
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... , administered by the National Cancer Institute, was established to generate information and technical tools needed to study the molecular anatomy of the cancer cell. Much of the information generated is presented in several databases maintained by the National Center for Biotechnology Information.
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... This database, developed in conjunction with the University of Utah Genome Center, integrates gene sequence and polymorphism data; see www.genome.utah.edu/genesnps/. The EGP Web site also offers links to databases maintained by other organizations, such as Gene Map 99 (a map of more than 30,000 human genes)
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