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Bioinformatics: sequence and genome analysis

Choice Reviews OnlinePublished 1 October 2001
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TL;DR

The aim of this book is to provide a grounding in probability and statistical analysis of sequence alignments, as well as a jumping-off point for future research into bioinformatics programming.

Abstract

Preface Chapter 1. Historical introduction and overview Chapter 2. Collecting and storing sequences in the laboratory Chapter 3. Alignment of pairs of sequences Chapter 4. Introduction to probability and statistical analysis of sequence alignments Chapter 5. Multiple sequence alignment Chapter 6. Sequence database searching for similar sequences Chapter 7. Phylogenetic prediction Chapter 8. Prediction of RNA secondary structure Chapter 9. Gene prediction and regulation Chapter 10. Protein classification and structure prediction Chapter 11. Genome analysis Chapter 12. Bioinformatics programming using Perl and Perl modules Chapter 13. Analysis of microarrays

Keywords

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology