Bioinformatics 

The BIOBASE Knowledge Library (BKL) contains comprehensive sets of protein databases such as HumanPSD, WormPD, GPGR-PD, PombePD,  and MycopathPD in addition to analysis tools such as TRANSFAC, TRANSPATH, and ExPlain. BKL brings together curated data, analysis tools, and gene-centered information. BKL is one of the best ways to quickly assess a vast set of protein properties for a given protein or set of proteins. 

The BKL is ideally suited for research applications including biomarker discovery, gene set enrichment analysis, functional analysis, SNP analysis, genotyping, gene expression analysis, and drug discovery. This Web-based, gene regulation-focused, systems biology tool promotes biological interpretation of high throughput experiments like microarrays, proteomic data, and ChIP-chip experiments.

What's it for:

• Understanding protien relationships and regulation
  
• Finding homologs and orthologs
• Finding binding sites, expression sites, etc

To access BIOBASE from on campus click:

http://libraries.mit.edu/get/biobase

Use Virtual Private Network (VPN) to access BIOBASE from off campus. 

For more information about VPN and software download go to http://itinfo.mit.edu/product.php?name=vpn

More information about off campus access for all library resources can be found here:

http://libraries.mit.edu/about/faqs/remote.html