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9781555811198

The Internet and the New Biology

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  • ISBN13:

    9781555811198

  • ISBN10:

    1555811191

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 1997-04-01
  • Publisher: Amer Society for Microbiology

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Summary

U.S. Naval Medical Research Unit, Cairo, Egypt. Guide to the computational biology tools found on the Internet and their potential application to problems in genomic and molecular biology. Emphasis on e-mail servers. Softcover.

Table of Contents

Preface vii(4)
Acknowledgments xi
Chapter 1. Introduction to the Internet
1(9)
What the Internet is (and is not)
1(1)
A brief history of the Internet
2(1)
How the Internet works
3(1)
Components and resources of the Internet
4(3)
The importance of the Internet in biology
7(1)
Scope and limits of this book
8(2)
Chapter 2. E-mail, Gopher, and the Web
10(9)
Comparison of the three most critical Internet tools for genomic biology
10(1)
Electronic mail (e-mail)
10(3)
Gopher
13(2)
The Web (WWW)
15(4)
Chapter 3. An Internet Server Primer
19(11)
Introduction to sequence analysis on the Internet
19(1)
Server directives and parameters
20(6)
Structure of a query to an analysis server
26(4)
Chapter 4. Molecular and Genomic Databases
30(18)
Primary sequence databases
30(8)
Specialized databases
38(10)
Chapter 5. Search and Retrieval
48(81)
Overview
48(1)
Search
49(48)
Retrieval
97(32)
Chapter 6. Structure and Function
129(56)
Servers designed to determine gene structure, detect and identify protein motifs and domains, and predict secondary structure
129(56)
Chapter 7. Software, News and Information
185(21)
Servers that are archives of software, news, information, and commentary
185(21)
Chapter 8. Analysis of Sequence Data
206(49)
Introduction to sequence analysis
206(2)
Evolution of computer algorithms for sequence analysis
208(6)
DNA sequences: analysis of a nucleotide sequence using BLAST
214(9)
DNA sequences: downloading related sequences using Retrieve
223(3)
Protein sequences: analysis with Blocks, Domains, and MotifFinder
226(10)
Protein sequences: secondary structure prediction using nnPredict and PredictProtein
236(7)
Protein sequences: determination of phylogenetic relationship using MAlign and CBRG
243(12)
Chapter 9. Gopher and the Web
255(15)
Navigating the Internet and the Web
256(1)
Gopher holes and Web sites
257(13)
Chapter 10. The Future of the New Biology and Its Internet Tools
270(5)
Appendix A. Internet Addresses 275(13)
Appendix B. Domains and Usage 288(4)
Appendix C. Computer Hardware and Software Requirements 292(2)
Appendix D. Nucleic Acid and Amino Acid Codes and Properties 294(11)
Appendix E. Glossary of Terms 305(6)
Index 311

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