Sauer:Links

=Biology-related tools=

PubMed

RCSB Protein Data Bank
 * International database of 3D biological macromolecules

ExPASy Proteomics server
 * links to many pages to calculate parameters of your favorite proteins

Colibri
 * E. coli genome site; get sequences, see the position of your gene in the chromosome, and other fun stuff

Biopolymer calculator
 * calculate extinction coefficients, Tm's, and base composition for your DNA or RNA; calculate amino acid composition and extinction coefficient for your protein

Novagen pET vector table
 * table with links to properties/sequences of pET vectors
 * note: slow to load

Protein Prospector
 * UCSF mass spec site to search fragments, etc. to identify your protein

mFold by Michael Zuker.
 * This is the main page with links to sites for predicting RNA and DNA folds, calculating Tm's and free energies.

More good stuff on the Synthetic Biology:Tools page.

Also see Science Web Resources.

=Companies=

IDT

Sigma

Pierce

New England Biolabs

Amersham

=MIT Links=

MIT website

MIT Biology department website

MIT webmail
 * Login required

MIT ECAT ordering
 * Certificate required
 * can also get to Sciquest from here and order from GE Healthcare (formerly Amersham), PerkinElmer, Qiagen, Roche Applied Science, USA Scientific, Newark InOne, Sigma-Aldrich, Invitrogen (coming soon) using your MIT account number instead of a credit card.
 * For instructions on how to use ECAT, see the FAQs page.

MIT SAPweb
 * Purchase orders, requisitions, etc. Certificate required.

Biopolymers facility
 * DNA sequencing, mass spectrometry, protein sequencing, peptide synthesis.