Bioinformatics Basics: Applications in Biological Science and Medicine

Contents BIOLOGY AND INFORMATION Bioinformatics-A Rapidly Maturing Science Computers in Biology and Medicine The Virtual Doctor Biological Macromolecules as Information Carriers Proteins: From Sequence to Structure to Function DNA and RNA Structure DNA Cloning and Sequencing Genes, Taxonomy, and Evolution BIOLOGICAL DATABASES Biological Database Organization Public Databases Database Mining Tools GENOME ANALYSIS The Genomic Organization of Genes Comparative Genomics Functional Genomics Microarray and Bioarray Technology Genomes as Gene Networks PROTEOME ANALYSIS Proteomics Hydrodynamic Methods Predictive Biology Systems Biology THE BIOINFORMATICS REVOLUTION IN MEDICINE Genes and Diseases Appendix A Glossary of Biological Terms Appendix B Bioinformatics Web Sites Index Includes contributions from: Borries Demeler, PhD, The University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, Texas, USA Peter Ghazal, PhD and Thorsten Forster, PhD, Scottish Centre for Genomic Technology and Informatics, University of Edinburgh Medical School, Scotland