Genomics and Bioinformatics An Introduction to Programming Tools

Name: Genomics and Bioinformatics An Introduction to Programming Tools
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ISBN: 9781107401242

ISBN-10: 1107401240

ISBN-13: 9781107401242

Edition: 2012

Authors: Tore Samuelsson

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Designed for biologists without programming experience, this textbook provides a hands-on introduction to Unix and Perl tools for bioinformatics. Relevant biological examples are combined with practical computational procedures, teaching students how to proceed from biological problem to bioinformatics solution.

Book details

List price: $77.95
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 6/7/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 358
Size: 7.44" wide x 9.65" long x 0.67" tall
Weight: 1.694
Language: English

Tore Samuelsson is a Professor in Biochemistry and Bioinformatics at the Institute of Biomedicine, University of Gothenburg, Sweden. He has been active in bioinformatics research for more than 15 years and has over 10 years' experience of teaching in the field, including the development of web resources for molecular biology and bioinformatics education.



Preface


Acknowledgements


Design and conventions of this book



Introduction - working with the molecules of life in the computer



Gene technology - cutting DNA



Gene technology - knocking genes down



Gene technology - amplifying DNA



Human disease - when DNA sequences are toxic



Human disease - iron imbalance and the iron responsive element



Human disease - cancer as a result of aberrant proteins



Evolution - what makes us human?



Evolution - resolving a criminal case



Evolution - the sad case of the Tasmanian tiger



A function to every gene - termites, metagenomics and learning about the function of a sequence



A function to every gene - royal blood and order in the sequence universe



A function to every gene - a slimy molecule



Information resources - learning about flu viruses



Finding genes - going ashore at CpG islands



Finding genes - in the world of snurps



Finding genes - hunting for the distant RNA relatives



Personal genomes - the differences between you and me



Personal genomes - what's in my genome?



Personal genomes - details of family genetics



Brief Unix reference



A selection of biological sequence analysis software



Short Perl reference



Brief introduction to R


Index