Jin Xiong (Texas A & M University)

Essential Bioinformatics

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Essential Bioinformatics provides a comprehensive and up-to-date introduction to bioinformatics for life scientists. The book covers all key topics in the field and emphasizes the application of computational tools in biological research. It provides readers with a thorough understanding of the principles of computational methods used in molecular biological data analysis but the use of mathematical formulae is kept to a minimum. It is highly suited for teaching bioinformatics to undergraduate and graduate students as well as for researchers wishing to develop their knowledge of bioinformatics tools to facilitate their own research.

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This clear and concise introduction to bioinformatics will appeal to undergraduate and graduate students in the life sciences, as well as researchers wishing to develop their knowledge of bioinformatics tools. All key areas are covered including biological databases, sequence alignment, genes and promoter prediction, molecular phylogenetics, structural bioinformatics, genomics and proteomics.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 360
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. September 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 178mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 758g
• ISBN-13: 9780521600828
• ISBN-10: 0521600820
• Artikelnr.: 20807232

Autorenporträt

Jin Xiong is Assistant Professor of Biology at Texas A & M University, where he has taught bioinformatics to graduate and undergraduate students for several years.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface; Part I. Introduction and Biological Databases: 1. Introduction; 2. Introduction to biological databases; Part II. Sequence Alignment: 3. Pairwise sequence alignment; 4. Database similarity search; 5. Multiple sequence alignment; 6. Profiles and hidden Markov models; 7. Protein motifs and patterns; Part III. Gene and Promoter Prediction: 8. Gene prediction; 9. Promoter and regulatory element prediction; Part IV. Molecular Phylogenetics: 10. Phylogenetics basics; 11. Phylogenetic tree construction methods and programs; Part V. Protein Structure Basics: 12. Protein structure basics; 13. Protein structure visualization, comparison and classification; 14. Protein secondary structure prediction; 15. Protein tertiary structure prediction; 16. RNA structure prediction; Part VI. Genomics and Proteomics: 17. Genome mapping, assembly and comparison; 18. Functional genomics; 19. Proteomics; Practical exercises; Glossary.

Rezensionen

'Essential Bioinformatics is a welcome addition to this area, by having a broad general approach that I think is particularly suitable for undergraduate teaching. The advantage of this being a new book is that there is not an overriding focus on structural bioinformatics that was seen in some earlier texts, which allows for a much broader coverage of newer areas like comparative and functional genomics.' http://www.sgm.ac.uk/pubs/micro_today/book_reviews/MTNOV06/MTN06_31.cfm