BIOINFORMATICS TUTORIAL
VIRTUAL ONLINE TUTORIAL

 

DATABASES
OMIM to learn about genes and genetic diseases - Search for human genes and genetic disease using OMIM's Morbid Map and find out what types of information are available from each OMIM entry.
 Sequence-similarity searching using NCBI BLAST - Covers obtaining sequence data in FASTA format, submitting sequence data as a query, and understanding BLAST results. Descriptions of different options available for BLAST searching also are provided.
Finding a gene on a chromosome map using NCBI Map Viewer - Learn how to search for a gene on a chromosome map and modify map display options.
 Examining protein structures from the Protein Data Bank - Search PDB for a protein structure and use Protein Explorer to interact with a three-dimensional representation of a protein.