Bioinformatics: A Practical Guide to the Analysis of Genes and Proteins (Methods of Biochemical Analysis)

This volume aims to present a foundation for understanding the tools and resources available for the job of sequence analysis. Chapters introduce basic Internet concepts as they apply to molecular biologists and describe the major nucleotide, protein, and structural databases. Other coverage includes: sequence analysis packages; pairwise and multiple sequence comparisons; predictive methods for gene discovery; phylogenetic analysis; and mapping methods. They emphasize practical problem solving.