Skip to Main Content

Biotechnology : Articles

Database

Notes on Databases

PubMed is a key resource for biotechnology topics.  If you have not used PubMed, see an introductory tutorial or more detailed tutorials for that key database.

For research over chemical reactions, consider SciFinder, Tarleton users must request an account using a Tarleton email domain to use this resource.

For general searches, BioOne Complete covers general topics of interests.

Some useful keywords when searching.

  • Medical Biotechnology: Drugs, vaccines, diagnostic tools, gene therapy, regenerative medicine, biologic drugs, genetic engineering
  • Agricultural Biotechnology: Crop improvement, GMOs (genetically modified organisms), pest resistance, herbicide tolerance, sustainable agriculture
  • Industrial Biotechnology: Bioreactors, enzymes, biofuels, bioplastics, industrial processes
  • Genetic Engineering: Recombinant DNA, gene editing (CRISPR), gene transfer, transgenesis
  • Bioprocessing: Cell culture, fermentation, downstream processing, biomanufacturing
  • Bioinformatics: Genomics, proteomics, sequence analysis, data analysis, computational biology
  • Other Relevant Keywords:  Biotechnology, bioengineered food, chromosome, enzyme, gene, genome, GMO, RNA, DNA, sustainability