Chapter 4: Fundamentals of Molecular Biology
Weblinks
DNA structure
http://molvis.sdsc.edu/dna/index.htm
Interactive molecular models of DNA structure and base pairing
DNA From the Beginning
http://www.dnaftb.org/dnaftb/
A history of molecular biology and DNA
Biotechnology
http://photoscience.la.asu.edu/photosyn/courses/BIO_343/lecture/biotech.html
Good summary of the development of biotechnology and recombinant DNA
National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention
http://www.cdc.gov/nchhstp/
HIV-AIDS homepage from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, updated daily
HIV InSite
http://hivinsite.ucsf.edu/InSite
A superb source of information from University of California at San Francisco
Image Library of Biological Macromolecules
http://www.imb-jena.de/ImgLibDoc/nana/IMAGE_NANA.html
Illustrated summary of the chemistry of DNA
OMIM™ Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=OMIM
Amazing, exhaustive catalog of online Mendelian inheritance in humans
Microarrays
http://www.affymetrix.com/index.affx
A company that pioneered the use of “chip” technology to analyze genes and their expression

