Bioinformatics

Gene Data

• NCBI Gene    Finding gene sequences (mRNA, protein, genomic). The Gene database links to related NCBI data about a gene.
  • Gene FAQs and getting started
  • Tutorial on finding Gene, Protein, and Chemical names, aliases and synonyms
• NCBI RefSeq    Non-redundant, annotated sequences of nucleic acids, proteins, and genomes.
  • RefSeq FAQs
• Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO)   High-throughput gene expression data
  • GEO help and FAQ

Genome Browsers and Sequence Data

• UCSC Genome Browser  http://genome.ucsc.edu/
  • Tutorials on using browser
• Genome Data Viewer  https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/genome/gdv/
  • Help on using Genome Data Viewer
    • Note: NCBI Map Viewer is no longer being updated (end of 2017).  It has been replaced with Genome Data Viewer
• 1000 Genomes Project   A project designed to study human genomic sequence variation across a large number of people.
  • More information about 1000 Genomes Project http://www.1000genomes.org/about
• NCBI Genome Database  http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/genome/browse/
• Cancer Genome Atlas  https://cancergenome.nih.gov/abouttcga/aboutdata
  • TCGA Dataset located in the Genomic Data Commons