The Molecule Pages is a database of keys facts about proteins involved in cellular signaling. It currently covers well over 3,000 proteins. For each of these, the database currently provides a large amount of 'automated' data, collected from numerous other online resources and updated monthly. These data include names, synonyms, sequence information, biophysical properties, domain and motif information, protein family details, structure and gene data, the identities of orthologs and paralogs, and BLAST results. For over 800 proteins we also provide 'Mini Molecule Page' summaries composed by invited expert authors.
And it's open access. The press release calls the site "a groundbreaking new form of scientific publication. The Molecule Pages combine the power of scientific databases with the authority of peer review. They also enable a uniquely collaborative approach to scientific information sharing and represent another step towards the holy grail of cell biology: the creation of a 'virtual cell'." (Thanks to Timo Hannay.)
Posted by
Peter Suber at 12/16/2003 08:39:00 AM.
The open access movement:
Putting peer-reviewed scientific and scholarly literature
on the internet. Making it available free of charge and
free of most copyright and licensing restrictions.
Removing the barriers to serious research.
I recommend the OA tracking project (OATP) as the best way to stay on top of new OA developments. You can read the OATP feed on a blog-like web page or subscribe to it by RSS, email, or Twitter. You can also help build the feed by tagging new developments you encounter.
