Selected Databases
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National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI)Biomedical and genomic data and tools for discovering, exploring, storing, and analyzing knowledge about molecular biology, biochemistry, and genetics.
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NCBI - DevelopA variety of resources that allow developers to access and manipulate NCBI data in their applications: APIs, code libraries, data formats.
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PubMedOne component of the NCBI resources, PubMed is a database of citations and abstracts for biomedical literature from MEDLINE and additional life science journals. Covers over 5,700 journals in the biomedical and health sciences. Connect to PubMed via the Library link for fully integration with UC-eLinks, to open full-text articles, determine location of print journals, and request articles through Interlibrary Loan.
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Broad InstituteData produced and analytical software tools developed by The Broad Institute are openly shared with the entire scientific community. Data is arranged by organism/species, with links to relevant tools and project information; software tools allow for analysis of genome-related datasets.
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ExPASyExPASy, Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics [SIB] Bioinformatics Resource Portal, provides access to scientific databases and software tools in different areas of life sciences including proteomics, genomics, phylogeny, systems biology, population genetics, transcriptomics etc.
GeneNetwork a group of linked data sets and tools used to study complex networks of genes, molecules, and higher order gene function and phenotypes. Users are welcome to enter their own private data directly into GeneNetwork to exploit the full range of analytic tools and to map modulators.
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GOLD(Genomes Online Database) - An online resource for comprehensive access to information regarding complete and ongoing genome projects, as well as metagenomes and metadata, around the world.
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J. Craig Venter InstituteLinks to various software, mathematical tools, and databases to assemble and analyze genomic data.
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KEGG: Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and GenomesKEGG is a database resource for understanding high-level functions and utilities of the biological system, such as the cell, the organism and the ecosystem, from molecular-level information, especially large-scale molecular datasets generated by genome sequencing and other high-throughput experimental technologies.
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NCI Center for BioinformaticsNational Cancer Institute Center for Biomedical Informatics and Information Technology (NCI CBIIT) offers open-source infrastructure components for use in developing databases and software tools.
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PharmGKBThe Pharmacogenomics Knowledge Base focuses on collecting, encoding, and disseminating knowledge about the impact of human genetic variations on drug response. They curate primary genotype and phenotype data, annotate gene variants and gene-drug-disease relationships via literature review, and summarize important PGx genes and drug pathways.
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RCSB Protein Data BankRCSB Protein Data Bank provides information about 3D shapes of proteins, nucleic acids, and complex assemblies. Provides a variety of tools and resources for research and education in molecular biology, structural biology, computational biology and beyond.
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Organism-Specific Databases
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FlyBaseA database of Drosophila genes and genomes.
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WormBaseBiology and genome of C. elegans
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Zfin - the zebrafish information networkZFIN - the zebrafish model organism database. Includes genetic, genomic & developmental information and definitive reference data sets of zebrafish research information.
How to find articles
You can find articles by:
- Selecting a database in the left column
- If you know a specific journal title, using our e-Journal search box
- If you have a citation, using the Citation Linker
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Citation LinkerKnow the details of a specific citation you need? If so, use Citation Linker to look for it in UCSD's collection and make your request if we don't have it
How do I get the articles?
In most of our databases, you'll see this button next to each reference: 
Clicking this button may open up the article automatically, or you will see options to get the article:
- Online, if available)
- In print (links to Roger)
- Via interlibrary loan (Request) if we don't have the article.