xii, 692 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm
Contents
Ch. 1. Historical introduction and overview -- Ch. 2. Collecting and storing sequences in the laboratory -- Ch. 3. Alignment of pairs of sequences -- Ch. 4. Introduction to probability and statistical analysis of sequence alignments -- Ch. 5. Multiple sequence alignment -- Ch. 6. Sequence database searching for similar sequences -- Ch. 7. Phylogenetic prediction -- Ch. 8. Prediction of RNA secondary structure -- Ch. 9. Gene prediction and regulation -- Ch. 10. Protein classification and structure prediction -- Ch. 11. Genome analysis -- Ch. 12. Bioinformatics programming using Perl and Perl modules -- Ch. 13. Analysis of microarrays
Summary
"This book is an ideal foundation for teaching at the undergraduate and graduate levels. It is also highly suited for self-instruction by research investigators interested in applying computational methods of analysis and by information technologists associated with academic and industrial laboratories."--BOOK JACKET