Bioinformatics For DummiesJohn Wiley & Sons, 10 февр. 2011 г. - Всего страниц: 464 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:
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! |
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How Most People Use Bioinformatics | 29 |
A Survival Guide to Bioinformatics | 67 |
Small bugs simple genes | 70 |
Working with WholeGenome Databases | 88 |
Using Protein and Specialized Sequence Databases | 105 |
Finally the sequence itself | 123 |
Making Local Alignments over the Internet | 254 |
Building a Multiple Sequence Alignment | 265 |
Building a Multiple Sequence Alignment Finding Out if a Multiple Sequence Alignment Can Help You 266 | 266 |
Comparing Sequences That You Cant Align | 297 |
Editing and Publishing Alignments | 303 |
Editing and Analyzing Multiple Sequence Alignments | 323 |
Working with Protein 3D Structures | 329 |
Becoming a Specialist Advanced | 330 |
Working with a Single DNA Sequence | 129 |
Beyond This Chapter | 157 |
Working with a Single Protein Sequence | 159 |
Doing Primary Structure Analysis | 166 |
Becoming a Pro in Sequence Analysis | 197 |
Becoming a Specialist Advanced | 199 |
Understanding your BLAST output | 209 |
BLASTing DNA sequences | 216 |
Making BLAST Iterative with PSIBLAST | 226 |
Comparing Two Sequences | 235 |
Comparing Two Sequences Making Sure You Have the Right Sequences and the Right Methods 236 | 236 |
Doing biological analysis with a dot plot | 249 |
From the Primary Structure to the 3D Structure | 336 |
Finding proteins with similar shapes | 350 |
Working with RNA | 353 |
Building Phylogenetic Trees | 371 |
The Part of Tens | 403 |
The Ten Okay Twelve Commandments for Using Servers | 405 |
Some Useful Bioinformatics Resources | 411 |
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