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Bioinformatics for Dummies Paperback - 2003

by Notredame, Cedric, Claverie, Jean-Michel

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  • Title Bioinformatics for Dummies
  • Author Notredame, Cedric, Claverie, Jean-Michel
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition 1st
  • Condition Used - Good
  • Pages 480
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, John, New York
  • Date January 15, 2003
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Bookseller's Inventory # GRP16284223
  • ISBN 9780764516962 / 0764516965
  • Weight 1.56 lbs (0.71 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.26 x 7.44 x 1.03 in (23.52 x 18.90 x 2.62 cm)
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2002114813
  • Dewey Decimal Code 570.285

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Summary

Were you always curious about biology but were afraid to sit through long hours of dense reading? Did you like the subject when you were in high school but had other plans after you graduated? Now you can explore the human genome and analyze DNA without ever leaving your desktop! Bioinformatics For Dummies is packed with valuable information that introduces you to this exciting new discipline. This easy-to-follow guide leads you step by step through every bioinformatics task that can be done over the Internet. Forget long equations, computer-geek gibberish, and installing bulky programs that slow down your computer. You'll be amazed at all the things you can accomplish just by logging on and following these trusty directions. You get the tools you need to: Analyze all types of sequences Use all types of databases Work with DNA and protein sequences Conduct similarity searches Build a multiple sequence alignment Edit and publish alignments Visualize protein 3-D structures Construct phylogenetic trees This up-to-date second edition includes newly created and popular databases and Internet programs as well as multiple new genomes. It provides tips for using servers and places to seek resources to find out about what's going on in the bioinformatics world. Bioinformatics For Dummies will show you how to get the most out of your PC and the right Web tools so you'll be searching databases and analyzing sequences like a pro!

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It looks like biologists are colonizing the dictionary with all these bio words: we have bio-chemistry, bio-metrics, bio-physics, bio-technology, bio-hazards, and even bio-terrorism.

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About the author

Jean-Michel Claverie, PhD, is one of the founders of modern bioinformatics and has written over 100 articles.

Cedric Notredame, PhD, is a researcher at France's Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) and a group leader of the Swiss Bioinformatics Institute.

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