Essential bioinformatics / Jin Xiong

By:

Xiong, Jin

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Publication details: New York : Cambridge University Press, 2006.Edition: 1st edDescription: xi, 339 p.: ill., (some color) ; 27 cmISBN:

9780521706100

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DDC classification:

23 572.802 XIO

Contents:

1 Introduction to biological databases 2 Pairwise sequence alignment 3 Database similarity searching 4 Multiple sequence alignment 5 Profiles and hidden Markov models 6 Protein motifs and domain prediction 7 Gene prediction 8 Promoter and regulatory element prediction 9 Phylogenetics basics 10 Phylogenetic tree construction methods and programs 11 Protein structure basics 12 Protein structure visualization, comparision, and classification 13 Protein secondary structure prediction 14 Protein tertiary structure prediction 15 RNA structure prediction 16 Genome mapping, assembly, and comparison 17 Functional genomics 18 Proteomics

Summary: A concise yet comprehensive textbook of bioinformatics, which provides a broad introduction to the entire field. Written specifically for a life science audience, the basics of bioinformatics are explained, followed by discussions of the state-of-the-art computational tools available to solve biological research problems. All key areas of bioinformatics are covered including biological databases, sequence alignment, genes and promoter prediction, molecular phylogenetics, structural bioinformatics, genomics and proteomics. The book emphasizes how computational methods work and compares the strengths and weaknesses of different methods

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1 Introduction to biological databases
2 Pairwise sequence alignment
3 Database similarity searching
4 Multiple sequence alignment
5 Profiles and hidden Markov models
6 Protein motifs and domain prediction
7 Gene prediction
8 Promoter and regulatory element prediction
9 Phylogenetics basics
10 Phylogenetic tree construction methods and programs
11 Protein structure basics
12 Protein structure visualization, comparision, and classification
13 Protein secondary structure prediction
14 Protein tertiary structure prediction
15 RNA structure prediction
16 Genome mapping, assembly, and comparison
17 Functional genomics
18 Proteomics

A concise yet comprehensive textbook of bioinformatics, which provides a broad introduction to the entire field. Written specifically for a life science audience, the basics of bioinformatics are explained, followed by discussions of the state-of-the-art computational tools available to solve biological research problems. All key areas of bioinformatics are covered including biological databases, sequence alignment, genes and promoter prediction, molecular phylogenetics, structural bioinformatics, genomics and proteomics. The book emphasizes how computational methods work and compares the strengths and weaknesses of different methods

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