Bioinformatics for Dummies

About this book

This reference addresses common biological questions, problems, and projects, while also providing a UNIX/Linux overview and tips on tweaking bioinformatic applications using Perl.

Contents

Introduction. Part I: Getting Started in Bioinformatics. Chapter 1: Finding Out What Bioinformatics Can Do for You. Chapter 2: How Most People Use Bioinformatics. Part II: A Survival Guide to Bioinformatics. Chapter 3: Using Nucleotide Sequence Databases. Chapter 4: Using Protein and Specialized Sequence Databases. Chapter 5: Working with a Single DNA Sequence. Chapter 6: Working with a Single Protein Sequence. Part III: Becoming a Pro in Sequence Analysis. Chapter 7: Similarity Searches on Sequence Databases. Chapter 8: Comparing Two Sequences. Chapter 9: Building a Multiple Sequence Alignment. Chapter 10: Editing and Publishing Alignments. Part IV: Becoming a Specialist: Advanced Bioinformatics Techniques. Chapter 11: Working with Protein 3-D Structures. Chapter 12: Working with RNA. Chapter 13: Building Phylogenetic Trees. Part V: The Part of Tens. Chapter 14: The Ten Commandments When Using Servers. Chapter 15: Some Useful Bioinformatics Resources. Glossary. Index.

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Biography

Jean-Michel Claverie, PhD, is one of the founders of modern bioinformatics and has written over 100 articles. Cedric Notredame, PhD, is a researcher at France's Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) and a group leader of the Swiss Bioinformatics Institute.