Bioinformatics For Dummies^?, 2nd Edition

by Jean-Michel Claverie (Institute of Structural Biology and Microbiology, Marseille, France); Cedric Notredame (Lausanne Univ., Lausanne, Switzerland)

• ISBN13: 9780470121351
• ISBN10: 0470121351
• Format: eBook
• Copyright: 2007-03-01
• Publisher: For Dummies

Summary

Were you always curious about biology but were afraid to sit through long hours of dense reading? Did you like the subject when you were in high school but had other plans after you graduated? Now you can explore the human genome and analyze DNA without ever leaving your desktop! Bioinformatics for Dummies is packed with valuable information that introduces you to this exciting new discipline. This easy-to-follow guide leads you step by step through every bioinformatics task that can be done over the Internet. Forget long equations, computer-geek gibberish, and installing bulky programs that slow down your computer. You'll be amazed at all the things you can accomplish just by logging on and following these trusty directions. You get the tools you need to: Analyze all types of sequences Use all types of databases Work with DNA and protein sequences Conduct similarity searches Build a multiple sequence alignment Edit and publish alignments Visualize protein 3-D structures Construct phylogenetic trees This up-to-date second edition includes newly created and popular databases and Internet programs as well as multiple new genomes. It provides tips for using servers and places to seek resources to find out about what's going on in the bioinformatics world. Bioinformatics for Dummies will show you how to get the most out of your PC and the right Web tools so you'll be searching databases and analyzing sequences like a pro!

Table of Contents

Introduction

Getting Started in Bioinformatics

Finding Out What Bioinformatics Can Do for You

How Most People Use Bioinformatics

A Survival Guide to Bioinformatics

Using Nucleotide Sequence Databases

Using Protein and Specialized Sequence Databases

Working with a Single DNA Sequence

Working with a Single Protein Sequence

Becoming a Pro in Sequence Analysis

Similarity Searches on Sequence Databases

Comparing Two Sequences

Building a Multiple Sequence Alignment

Editing and Publishing Alignments

Becoming a Specialist: Advanced Bioinformatics Techniques

Working with Protein 3-D Structures

Working with RNA

Building Phylogenetic Trees

The Part of Tens

The Ten (Okay, Twelve) Commandments for Using Servers

Some Useful Bioinformatics Resources

Index

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