Scientific Resources

Listed below are links to external databases and other scientific resources.

• DNA/RNA
  • MicroRNAdb
  • MicroRNA registry
  • NARNA - Natural Antisense RNA
  • PipMaker
  • RepeatMasker
• Chromatin
  • Jim Bones Chromatin Structure and Function page
  • The Plant Chromatin Database
• Heterochromatin
  • Mammalian proteins reported at heterochromatin
  • Proteins reported as associated with the mammalian inactive X chromosome
• Histones
  • Histone Modification Marks in Arabidopsis Interphase Nuclei
  • Histone Modifications - Human (Abcam)
  • Histone Modifications - Yeast (Abcam)
  • Histone Modification Map (Upstate)
  • Histone Sequence Database for mutiple organisms
• Imprinting
  • Geneimprint.com
  • Imprinting maps in the mouse
  • RIKEN Candidate Imprinted Transcript Maps
• Mammalian Chromatin Protein Families
  • Acetyltransferases (HATs)
  • AT hooks (DNA binding)
  • Bromodomain
  • Chromodomain
  • Histone deacetylases
  • Methyl Binding domain - MBD
  • Search NPD for mammalian proteins with specific protein domains
  • SET domain (histone methyl transferases)
• Nuclear Proteins
  • The Nuclear Protein Database
• Nucleosome Remodeling
  • SNF2-type ATPases
• Polycomb Proteins
  • Drosophila
  • Mammals
  • Polycomb teaching page from Cavalli Lab

Organism Resources
• Dictyostelium discoideum
  • Dictybase
• Fish
  • ZFIN The Zebrafish Information Network
  • EMSEMBL - Fugu (Takifugu rubripes)
• Fly
  • Flybase: A Database of the Drosophila Genome
  • The Interactive Fly
• Frog
  • Xenbase: A Xenopus Web Resource
  • Xenopus tropicalis Database
• Human
  • Human Epigenome Project
  • Human ENSEMBL
  • Human Genome Resources at NCBI
• Plant
  • TAIR The Arabidopsis Information Resource
  • Gramene - A Resource for Comparative Grass Genomics
  • TIGR Rice Genome Annotation Database
• Protozoa
  • Sanger Institute Protozoan Pathogens Genome Sequencing Project
• Rodent
  • Mouse Genome Project (at Baylor)
  • Mouse ENSEMBL
  • Mouse Strain Information (Jackson Laboratories)
  • Mouse Genome Information (MGI) at the Jackson Laboratories
  • Rat Genome Database
  • Rat ENSEMBL
• Worm
  • Wormbase: The Biology & Genome of C. elegans
  • ENSEMBL - C. elegans
• Yeast
  • SGD Saccharomyces Genome Database
  • The S. pombe Genome Project