Preface |
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Overview |
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Introduction |
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Information networks |
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Protein information resources |
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Genome information resources |
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DNA sequence analysis |
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Pairwise alignment techniques |
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Multiple sequence alignment |
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Secondary database searching |
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Building a sequence search protocol |
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Analysis packages |
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The biological sequence/structure deficit |
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3 | (1) |
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Status of the human genome project |
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Why is bioinformatics important? |
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Pattern recognition and prediction |
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7 | (2) |
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9 | (1) |
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10 | (1) |
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10 | (2) |
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The devil is in the detail |
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13 | (3) |
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16 | (1) |
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16 | (3) |
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19 | (1) |
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How do computers find each other? |
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Facilities used on the Internet |
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What is the World Wide Web? |
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21 | (3) |
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The European Molecular Biology network-EMBnet |
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The National Center for Biotechnology Information-NCBI |
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31 | (2) |
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33 | (1) |
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33 | (1) |
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34 | (1) |
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Protein information resources |
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35 | (34) |
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35 | (1) |
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35 | (1) |
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Primary sequence databases |
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36 | (7) |
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Composite protein sequence databases |
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43 | (2) |
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45 | (17) |
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Composite protein pattern databases |
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62 | (1) |
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Structure classification databases |
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62 | (3) |
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65 | (1) |
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66 | (1) |
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67 | (2) |
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Genome information resources |
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69 | (12) |
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69 | (1) |
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69 | (6) |
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Specialised genomic resources |
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75 | (3) |
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78 | (1) |
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78 | (2) |
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80 | (1) |
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81 | (27) |
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81 | (1) |
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81 | (1) |
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Gene structure and DNA sequences |
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82 | (3) |
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Features of DNA sequence analysis |
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85 | (4) |
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Issues in the interpretation of EST searches |
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89 | (4) |
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Two approaches to gene hunting |
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The expression profile of a cell |
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94 | (1) |
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95 | (1) |
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Different approaches to EST analysis |
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Effects of EST data on DNA databases |
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A practical example of EST analysis |
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103 | (3) |
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106 | (1) |
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107 | (1) |
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Pairwise alignment techniques |
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108 | (24) |
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108 | (1) |
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108 | (1) |
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109 | (1) |
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Comparing two sequences-a simple case |
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109 | (1) |
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110 | (1) |
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111 | (5) |
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116 | (3) |
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Local and global similarity |
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119 | (1) |
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Global alignment: the Needleman and Wunsch algorithm |
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119 | (3) |
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Local alignment: the Smith-Waterman algorithm |
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122 | (3) |
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125 | (1) |
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Pairwise database searching |
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125 | (5) |
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130 | (1) |
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131 | (1) |
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Multiple sequence alignment |
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132 | (13) |
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132 | (1) |
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The goal of multiple sequence alignment |
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132 | (1) |
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Multiple sequence alignment: a definition |
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133 | (1) |
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134 | (1) |
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134 | (1) |
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135 | (1) |
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136 | (1) |
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Databases of multiple alignments |
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Searching databases with multiple alignments |
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141 | (1) |
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142 | (1) |
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143 | (2) |
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Secondary database searching |
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145 | (18) |
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145 | (1) |
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Why bother with secondary database searches? |
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What's in a secondary database? |
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146 | (15) |
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161 | (1) |
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162 | (1) |
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Building a sequence search protocol |
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163 | (22) |
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163 | (1) |
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163 | (15) |
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Structural and functional interpretation |
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179 | (5) |
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184 | (1) |
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184 | (1) |
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185 | (14) |
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185 | (1) |
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What's in an analysis package? |
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185 | (3) |
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188 | (1) |
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188 | (1) |
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189 | (3) |
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Packages specialising in DNA analysis |
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192 | (1) |
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193 | (1) |
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194 | (3) |
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197 | (1) |
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198 | (1) |
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Glossary |
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Index |
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