HSLS Update

Science's Signal Transduction Knowledge Environment (STKE)

molecular biology and genetics resources, a rapidly growing cross-discipline in the field of life sciences, is the study of how cells control their own and each others’ behaviors through chemical signals. Science’s STKE (Signal Transduction Knowledge Environment), provides a “one-stop” information resource for cutting edge research in this field. Access to Science’s Science’s STKE (Signal Transduction Knowledge Environment) Web site is available via the HSLS electronic journals list<www.hsls.pitt.edu/resources/ejournals/titles> .

STKE’s searchable categories include Community, Resources, Literature, and Connections Maps. Community allows users to exchange views and information, and the Resources section provides a list of other relevant signal transduction Web sites.

Literature features:

• Perspectives: viewpoints, meeting reports and book reviews.
• Reviews: the latest information on topics of broad interest. These are updated as new research occurs.
• Protocols: procedural details, and trouble-shooting information.
• Editorial Guides: short articles that discuss focus issues.
• Virtual journals: instant access to full text cell-signaling articles from 49 journals.
• This Week in Signal Transduction (TWIST): summaries of exceptional articles, with links to full text.

Connections Maps provide a dynamic graphical interface into the cellular signaling database. This section supplies specific and canonical pathways, descriptions of maps, links to relevant citations, and pathways by subjects including: cell biology, developmental biology, immunology, neurobiology and plant biology. These pathways are continually updated to reflect new informtion.

--Sugandha Sharma