Subject guide for Molecular Biology and Genetics

This subject guide presents selected resources in the field of Molecular Biology and Genetics and related areas of research.

Contact subject editor Tine Legarth Iversen and Anna Slyngborg, if you want to know more or have suggestions for other information to the page.

General Databases

PubMed
The most important database for article search in Molecular Biology and Genetics. PubMed contains, among other things the entire database MEDLINE.
PMC PubMed Central
Free full-text archive of more than 8 million scholarly articles from biomedical and life sciences journal literature.
Scopus
Scopus is both article base and quotation index. Scopus is indexing more magazines than any other base, and is a very good alternative to the more discipline-specific databases. Covers all subject areas.
Web of Science (WoS)
Web of Science is an article database and a quotation index with references to articles within all subjects. It provides access to citations, h-index and Journal Citation Reports.
ACS Publications
ACS Publications is a database with fulltext articles of all of thejounals published by the American Chemical Society (ACS).
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JoVE

JoVE (Journal of Visualized Experiments)
Peer reviewed scientific video journal for methods and protocols divided by subject. See chosen subjects listed below here
JoVE Biochemistry
Includes methods and experimental approaches to study the structure, function, and interactions of biological molecules
JoVE Biology
Includes techniques and experimental approaches in the fields of cellular, molecular, and organismal biology
JoVE Cell biology
Profiles five important cellular phenomena: cell division, motility, endocytosis and exocytosis, metabolism, and cell death
JoVE Developmental Biology
Includes methods to study biological development in all stages - from cells to organisms
JoVE Genetics
Includes experimental approaches to study gene function, gene expression and regulation, epigenetics, genetic disorders, population genetics, and evolution
JoVE Neuroscience
An introduction to the field of neuroscience, exploring neurophysiology, neuroanatomy, cell and molecular neuroscience, behavioral neuroscience, and developmental neuroscience

Subject Specific Databases

NCBI (The National Center for Biotechnology Information)
Biomedical and genomic educational products as courses, workshops, webinars, training materials and documentation. Educational events are free and materials are open incl. to re-use and distribute.
wwPDB
Protein Data Base for 3D-structures and metadata to proteins and nucleic acids.
Access to structures at RCSB PDB
There is Open Access til public available data.
The Human Protein Atlas
About human biology and disease. The atlas consists six parts: Tissue, Cell, Pathology, Brain, Blod og Metabolic. Open Access to all data.
UniProt
Database with protein sequences and functions. UniProt data is freely accessible, and is divided into manually or automatically annotated entries.
HSTalks - The Biomedical & Life Sciences Collection
Collection of almost 3000 lectures and talks made in collaboration with experts in areas such as biochemistry, cellular biology, genetics, and neuroscience.
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Bibliographies

Biotechnology Research Abstracts
Part of Proquest. Covers articles on biotechnology featuring medicine, agriculture and environment.
Embase
Biomedical and pharmacological database. Embase is regarded an important supplement to PubMed/Medline, though there is a large overlap between the two databases.

Web portals

UCSC Genome Bioinformatics
UCSC Genome Browser is an interactive web page, which provides access to DNA sequences/genomes (chromosomes) for a wide range of organisms.
WorldWideScience.org
Approximately 100 databases and portals from over 70 countries are searchable in fields such as medicine, agriculture, environment, and basic sciences. Much of the information is open access.

Reference works

The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Darwin and Evolutionary Thought
This volume is a comprehensive reference work on the life, labors, and influence of the great evolutionist Charles Darwin. Notice essays on molecular biology, and on botany, medicine and genetics.
Encyclopedia of Cell Biology
Broad covering reference work of the field cell biology.
Encyclopedia of Metagenomics: Environmental Metagenomics
Metagenomics on environment health
Encyclopedia of Metagenomics: Genes, Genomes and Metagenomes: Basics, Methods, Databases and Tools
Metagenomics on human health and deseases, animal production, environmental health.
Encyclopedia of Psychopharmacology
Psychopharmacology and the study of the effects of psychoactive drugs on the functioning of the central nervous system.
Encyclopedia of Signaling Molecules
Biological processes are driven by complex systems of functionally interacting signaling molecules. This encyclopedia presents 350 biologically important signaling molecules and the content is built on the core concepts of their functions.
Encyclopedic Reference of Genomics and Proteomics in Molecular Medicine
Functional Genomics (the systematic analysis and identification of genes and their function) and Proteomics (the study of the complex structures and functions of proteins). A comprehensive overview of the terms, topics and issues in both molecular biology and molecular medicine, with particular emphasis on the molecular causes of diseases.
Handbook of Statistical Genomics
Introduction to statistical genomics for advanced graduate students and early-career researchers (2 volumes).
Lex.dk (in Danish)
Portal with access to Danish reference works including Den Store Danske, Danmarkshistorien, glossaries from Den Danske Ordbog and more.
Molecular Life Sciences: An Encyclopedic Reference
Focus on understanding biological phenomena at the level of molecules and their interactions that govern life processes.
Nature Encyclopedia of the Human Genome
Articles on current aspects and the historical development of human genomic analysis.

E-books

Springer Nature Experiments (incl. Springer Protocols)
Springer Nature Experiments is a large collection of Laboratory Protocols and methods in bioscience and biomedicin.
Contents come from Springer Protocols, Nature Methods, Nature Protocols og Protocol Exchange. The collection has protocols from the book series "Methods in Molecular Biology", "Methods in Molecular Medicine", "Methods in Biotechnology", and "Methods in Pharmacology and Toxicology and Neuromethods" as well as Laboratory Handbooks, such as "The Biomethods Handbook", "The Proteomics Handbook" and Springer Laboratory Manuals.
Springer Link
Journals and books published by the publishing houses Springer and Kluwer. There is access to full text in most journals, but only in a small number of books.
Bookshelf (NCBI)
Bookshelf provides free online access to books and documents in life science and healthcare.
UC Press E-Books Collection
E-book database with books from California University Press and a few other publishers, published between 1982 and 2004. Although the database is for use by staff at California University, more than 700 of 2000 titles in the database are freely available. All are marked with the icon PUBLIC.
Ebook Central
E-book database, covering all subject areas. The books, which are predominantly in English, come from reputable publishers such as e.g. Blackwell, Brill, Oxford University Press, Springer and Wiley. Ebook Central is a product of a fusion between Ebrary and EBL. (If you have a Bookshelf in either Ebrary or EBL you can move your shelves to Ebook Central. Choose Bookshelf in the top right corner and create a new account. See the guide here.
EBSCO eBook Collection
Collection of e-books in all subject areas. The majority of the books are published on English and American Publishers

Dictionaries

Ordbogen.com
Collection of dictionaries which contains Ordbogen.com and Gyldendals Ordbøger. The collection of dictionaries covers a large number of subject areas and languages. The list of all relevant dictionaries is obtained when you search a word.
AU Dictionary
AU official Danish/English - English/Danish dictionary
KUlex Dictionary
Danish/English - English/Danish dictionary

Journals

ACS Publications
Magazine database with full-text versions of all journals published by the American Chemical Society (ACS).
Mary Ann Liebert
Collection of journals within the field of biotechnology, biomedicine, clinical medicine and surgery.
There is access to the full text in all journals.
SpringerLink
Journals and books published by the publishing houses Springer and Kluwer. There is access to full text in most journals, but only in a small number of books.
Wiley Online Library
Journals and books published by the publishers Wiley and Blackwell, Verlag Chemie. There is access to the full text in most journals, but only in a small number of books.
Open Access Library (OALib)
OALib gives access to The Open Access Library Journal (OALib Journal) with a great number of peer reviewed scientific articles within natural science, technology and social science. OALib also gives access to publishing, indexing and archiving.
Ulrichsweb
The authoritative source of bibliographic and publisher information on more than 300,000 periodicals of all types–academic and scholarly journals, Open Access publications, peer-reviewed titles, popular magazines, newspapers, newsletters, and more from around the world.