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Useful Web sites for researchers studying proteins

protein analysis; WWW; resource

Braz J Med Biol Res, March 1997, Volume 30(3) 283-288 (Concepts and Comments)

Useful Web sites for researchers studying proteins

C.L. Mafra1,2 , S.O. Paula2 , L.S. Ozaki1 and J.H. Patarroyo2

1Departamento de Bioquímica e Biotecnologia, Centro de Biotecnologia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, 90050-170 Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil

2Núcleo de Biotecnologia Aplicada à Agropecuária (BIOAGRO), Departamento de Veterinária, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, 36571-000 Viçosa, MG, Brasil

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Key words: protein analysis, WWW, resource

Introduction

The development of high performance computers both at hardware and software levels associated with the exponential growth of the Internet has opened new sources of information in all areas of knowledge (1). For biologists, the World Wide Web (WWW) today offers alternative information sources which are much easier to reach and unthinkable only a few years ago (2,3). In this Web, it is possible, for instance, to access libraries and databases, to engage in courses and discussion groups, and to use programs online (4), far beyond the electronic mail (e-mail), file transference protocol (ftp) and document retrieval system of the old days. Presently, technologies are explosively being developed that will enable direct visual contact world wide, both personal and in conference, and online discussion of files and data. Programs already exist whose better performance still depends on the development of the Internet itself.

In the present minireview we list the many Uniform Resource Locators (URLs) organized in different areas such as Immunology, Chemistry, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Crystallography, all of common interest to researchers dealing with protein-related subjects. Similar lists were compiled for cell and tissue culture (5), human genetics (6), molecular biology (7), thermocycling (8) and biotechnology companies (9).

We organized the Web pages by subjects related to protein research (Table 1), tools for online protein analysis (Table 2), organizations with useful references (Table 3), pages with announcements of meetings and related courses (Table 4), scientific journals (Table 5), and some biotechnology companies commonly consulted by the community (Table 6).

As the Web continually expands, this directory does not intend by any means to be complete. We hope, however, that it will be helpful as a starting point to look for and find useful protein-related information in the Web.

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Table 1
- Protein-related sites.
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Table 2
- Analysis and search online.
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Table 3
- Reference organizations.
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Table 4
- Meetings, courses and workshops on protein and related areas.
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Table 5
- Publishers and scientific journals.
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Table 6
- Companies and suppliers.

Address for correspondence: C.L. Mafra, Núcleo de Biotecnologia Aplicada à Agropecuária (BIOAGRO), Departamento de Veterinária, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Av. P.H. Rolfs, s/n, 36571-000 Viçosa, MG, Brasil. E-mail: sctmafra@mail.ufv.br

Research supported by CAPES. C.L. Mafra is the recipient of a predoctoral fellowship from CAPES. Received November 27, 1996. Accepted January 13, 1997.

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  • Correspondence and Footnotes

    • Publication Dates

    • Publication in this collection
      19 Mar 1999
    • Date of issue
      Mar 1997

    History

    • Accepted
      13 Jan 1997
    • Received
      27 Nov 1996
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