My biology book mentioned this website as the "Mecca" for Biotechnology, so logically I had to check it out! It is called the National Center for Biotechnology Information and is a government-run database linking many other science-research databases, as well as ones from foreign countries. I will admit that a large amount of their resources is a bit too "technical" for my dictionary of science jargon, but I still love trying to figure out what they mean!
So without further ado, I give you: proteins!
I only researched a few... there are literally millions you can look up!
Hydrogenase at C-Terminal
Histone (spools around which DNA wraps)
Ribonuclease H2 (involved in hydrolyzing mis-incorporated RNA in replication)
RNase H (hydrolyzes DNA and RNA hybrids)
HNA (human genome helper)
Telomerase Cdc13 in yeast
Glutamine Synthetase (Ligase)
Human Telomerase
Basic Telomerase
Basic Centromere
This one may be my favorite...
Nucleosome (genome regulation)
F Plasmid SopB Complex
Also check out their Coffee Break articles - very fascinating!
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